The Bin NE occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1060 metres in a small southeast-trending gully north of Skuhun Creek and approximately 4.5 kilometres west-northwest of Abbott Lake.

The area is underlain by Guichon phase quartz diorite and granodiorite of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek Batholith (mapped as Border phase rocks on Map 30). Hornblende and biotite constitute 15 to 25 per cent of the rock, with hornblende grains, locally chloritized, enclosing feldspar and quartz in a poikilitic texture. Biotite occurs as evenly distributed aggregates. Fine- to medium-grained, orthoclase-rich, leucocratic dikes and swarms of porphyritic, mafic dikes intrude Guichon phase rocks. Dominant fault directions and joint sets are southeast and south-southeast, respectively.

Locally, a faulted and fractured biotite granodiorite (Guichon phase) is cut by a green feldspar porphyry and aplite dikes. The faults/fractures trend north, northeast and northwest and are filled with quartz-chlorite-epidote-potassium feldspar-sericite-muscovite with variable amounts of bornite and trace chalcopyrite-molybdenite mineralization. The mineralized zone has been traced over a length of 50 metres and a width of 5 to 20 metres.

In 2019, a select sample (4363) of the mineralized veins from a trench or roadcut, located north of the shaft, yielded 6.67 per cent copper, 0.031 per cent molybdenum, 30.1 grams per tonne silver and 0.25 gram per tonne gold; whereas a 2.5-metre chip sample (4364) from the shaft area yielded 1.69 per cent copper and 5.9 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 38907). Also at this time, an angular float sample (4365), taken south of the shaft, yielded 2.36 per cent copper, 0.052 per cent molybdenum and 10.8 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 38907).

Work History

A historical blast cut and a shallow inclined shaft are reported to have been developed on the occurrence.

In 1969, Cominco Ltd. completed a program of silt and soil sampling, geological mapping and an induced polarization survey on the area as the Bin claims. In 1973, Highland Chief Mines completed a program of soil sampling and a ground magnetometer survey on the area as the Egg claims.

In 2007 and 2008, Appleton Exploration completed programs of prospecting and soil sampling on the area as the Clapperton property.

During late 2008 through 2012, Happy Creek Minerals completed programs of geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, geological mapping, three diamond drill holes, totalling 740.9 metres, an induced polarization survey and a 1463.0 line-kilometre airborne gamma ray spectrometer and magnetic survey on the area as the West Valley property.

During 2013 through 2019, Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, a 32.3 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and re-interpretation of historical airborne geophysical data on the area as part of the Rateria-West Valley property.