The May occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 180 metres on a northeast-facing slope in southern Texada Island and approximately 3.7 kilometres north-northwest of Mount Shepherd summit.

Regionally, the area is underlain by undivided sedimentary rocks of the Mississippian to Lower Permian Nanoose Complex (Buttle Lake Group), limestone, marble and calcareous sedimentary rocks of the Middle to Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation (Vancouver Group) and basaltic volcanics of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group). The sedimentary and volcanic rocks have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite.

Locally, Upper Triassic volcanics of the Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group), are underlain by altered tuffs of the Paleozoic Sicker Group. The unconformable contact parallels a north-northwest–trending band of recrystallized limestone of the Upper Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian Buttle Lake Group.

The May occurrence comprises quartz veining at or near the contact of limestone with altered tuffs of the Sicker Group. Mineralization consists of small amounts of sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite and magnetite.

In 1987, a rock sample (MAY-03R) assayed greater than 0.99 per cent zinc, 0.18 per cent lead, 0.09 per cent copper and 5.4 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 16013).

Work History

In 1987, a program of prospecting, minor test pitting and trenching and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling was conducted on the area as the Bobs, Cisco, Ed, Jen and May claims.

In 2007, Northstar Mining Ltd. conducted a 2257.6-hectare remote sensing (spectral analysis) program on the area as the Dude-Tak properties. The following year, a prospecting program and a 500.0-hectare remote sensing (gamma-ray) survey was conducted.

In 2013, Northstar Mining Ltd. conducted a 19 000-hectare remote sensing (spectral analysis) survey on the area as part of the regionally extensive Texada Island property. In 2014 and 2015, Northstar Mining Ltd. conducted a geological interpretation program to identify future target areas for exploration on the Texada Island property.

During 2022 through 2024 Quadra Coastal Resources Ltd. conducted programs of prospecting, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, LIDAR data reprocessing and a total of 553.2 line-kilometres of airborne magnetic surveys on the Texada Island property.