The Jemima occurrence is located approximately 400 metres southwest of the Otter Lakes and approximately 19 kilometres north- northwest of Germansen Landing (Open File 1990-17). This occurrence has similar regional geology to that of the Biddy occurrence (093N 114).

Sulphide mineralization occurs as discontinuous and irregular- shaped pods within arenaceous dolomite and dolomite of the Otter Lakes Group. This carbonate replacement showing is near the geological contact between slates and argillites of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Big Creek Group and the Otter Lakes Group. Mineralization is in the form of sphalerite and galena. A grab sample analysed 115 grams per tonne silver, 0.67 per cent lead, 14.7 per cent zinc and 0.022 per cent germanium (Exploration in British Columbia 1989, page 195). A chip sample over 4 metres analysed 15.6 per cent combined lead-zinc (Assessment Report 7748).

Work History

Exploration for lead-zinc-silver deposits in the area between Germansen Landing and the Osilinka River began in the late 1920s. Subsequent exploration was sporadic until the early 1970s, but interest in the area faded until later in that decade when the rise in metal prices stimulated renewed interest in these deposits (Exploration in British Columbia 1989, page 193).

Cominco Ltd carried out a bulldozing program in 1976.

In 1977, a gravity survey was conducted by C.A. Ager and Associates of Surrey, BC, with the intent to delineate regions of excess mass within the underlying carbonate rocks, which could indicate the presence of massive to semi-massive silver-lead-zinc mineralization (Assessment Report 06597). At this time, no geological mapping had been done except for regional reports on the area. A high-gravity feature, approximately 500 metres long and trending northwest on the Jemima 3 and Jemima 4 claims, was interpreted to be dolomitic rock units.

In 1980 a geochemical survey and trenching were conducted by Electra Resources and Corporation on the Jemima Property, with both showing a strong correlation between anomalous values for lead and zinc in the main zone, and a chip sample over 4 metres was analysed 15.6 per cent combined lead-zinc (Assessment Report 7748).

In 1989, a grab sample (FFE89-7-21) analysed 115 grams per tonne silver, 0.67 per cent lead, 14.7 per cent zinc and 0.22 per cent germanium (Exploration in British Columbia 1989, page 195).

In 2019, Andris Kikauka completed a program of rock sampling on the area as the Biddy-Vernon property. Outcrop rock samples from the Jemima Main zone returned moderately high levels of zinc and silver: 14.85 per cent zinc and 116 grams per tonne silver (sample 19BID-12) and 21.7 per cent zinc and 96.5 grams per tonne silver (sample 19BID-13), with 19BID-12 also showing 5.15 per cent lead (Assessment Report 38519).