The Bear occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1300 metres on an east-facing slope, approximately 3.3 kilometres north-northwest of the northwest end of Nizik Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by basaltic volcanic rocks of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Saddle Hill Formation (Hazelton Group) and argillite, greywacke, wacke and conglomerate of the Middle to Upper Jurassic Ashman Formation (Bowser Lake Group), which have been intruded by Upper Cretaceous to Eocene dioritic rocks.

Locally, a chlorite-altered intermediate porphyritic andesite to diorite hosts pyrite veins with malachite staining.

In 1997, two rock samples (EO-23 and EO-273) from the occurrence assayed 0.605 and 0.785 per cent copper, respectively, whereas a rock sample (EO-153) of intermediate intrusive and chlorite-altered mafics hosting pyrite veins and fracture fillings with malachite staining, located approximately 700 metres to the south of the occurrence, yielded 0.141 per cent copper (Assessment Report 25401).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Sparrowhawk (MINFILE 093M 160) occurrence and a complete exploration history can be found there.