The Verna East occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1750 metres on a north-facing slope in the southern headwaters of Menard Creek.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Savage Mountain Formation (Takla Group) volcanics. These are bounded by the Moose Valley fault to the west and by the north-northwest–trending Ingenika fault to the east. A Lower Jurassic quartz monzodiorite stock lies just to the north of the occurrence area.

Locally, basaltic volcanic rocks host narrow, up to 3-centimetre wide, quartz-calcite-chalcopyrite-bornite veinlets. On the ridge to the south of the occurrence maroon andesite host a 2-metre-wide zone of quartz-carbonate-chalcopyrite veining and stockworks. A major fault zone is reported approximately 50 metres east of the previous zone. Along the ridge to the west of the previous zone a 3-metre-wide andesite dike cuts andesites flows and hosts stockworks of quartz-calcite-epidote veining with patchy malachite, disseminated bornite and rare native copper. The dike strikes 145 degrees and dips 75 degrees.

Work History

In 2015, High Power Exploration conducted property wide, broadly spaced geochemical sampling and reconnaissance style mapping and prospecting on key target areas on their large Menard property.

In 2021, Wedgemount Resources Corp. completed a program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and spectral analysis on the area as the regionally extensive Cookie property. A grab sample (D704043) from the occurrence assayed 1.72 per cent copper and 6.0 grams per tonne silver, whereas two grab samples (D704054 and D704042) taken from the ridge to the south of the occurrence yielded 0.59 and 0.41 per cent copper, respectively, with up to 16.6 grams per tonne silver and 0.372 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 40029).