The Vic South occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 2150 metres on a southeast-trending ridge, 1 kilometre west-southwest of the northern end of Taseko Lake.
Regionally, the area is underlain by undivided volcanic rocks of the Upper Cretaceous Powell Creek Formation and undivided sedimentary rocks of the Lower to Upper Cretaceous Taylor Creek Group to the northeast.
Locally, 15- to 20-centimetre wide quartz-carbonate stringers are hosted by a 0.6- to 1.0-metre wide limonitic shear zone that strikes 035 to 045 degrees and has a vertical dip. The shear zone cuts andesitic flow breccias and feldspar crystal tuffs of the Upper Cretaceous Powell Creek Formation that have been intruded by a series of diorite dikes 7 to 30 metres wide. The drusy limonitic vein material carries 1 to 2 per cent disseminated pyrite with malachite staining. The volcanics strike northerly with a shallow dip to the west, whereas the dikes have a northwest trend and dip steeply from 75 degrees southeast to 80 degrees northwest.
Another sub-parallel, 25-centimetre wide, quartz siderite vein with chalcopyrite and malachite staining in a clay shear zone is located 90 metres to the southeast.
In 1987, samples from the primary vein zone assayed up to 30.0 grams per tonne gold, whereas samples from the second vein zone yielded up to 9.8 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 16873). Other samples (G2161 and G2162), taken during the same year, from the first zone are reported to have yielded up to 2.74 per cent copper, 53.0 grams per tonne silver and 6.9 grams per tonne gold, whereas samples (G2163 and G2164) from the lower or second zone yielded up to 6.88 per cent copper, 63.6 grams per tonne silver and 2.4 grams per tonne gold (Property File - C. Hrkac [1987-11-01]: Mapping and Sampling of the Cliff Area on the Vic Claims).
The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Vic (MINFILE 092O 027) occurrence since the early 1930s. During 1974 through 1976, Nemco Explorations completed programs of geological mapping, surveying, sampling, six diamond drill holes and road construction. In 1980, the area was staked by M. Boe and a program of blasting, trenching and sampling was performed near the summit. In 1983 and 1984, Sunmark Mines Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping and four underground diamond drill holes, totalling 244.0 metres, from the Lower adit. During 1985 through 1988, Stryker Resources Ltd. and Kingsvale Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (silt, rock and soil) sampling, ground geophysical (magnetometer and VLF) surveying, extensive trenching and 5.9 kilometres of road construction. In 1992, Hemlo Gold Mines completed a program of soil sampling on the Num claims.
