The BSM occurrence is located approximately 800 metres east of Summers Creek, 3.5 kilometres due north of the creek's confluence with Rampart Creek and 19.5 kilometres north-northeast of Princeton.

The area along Summers Creek is underlain by the Eastern volcanic facies of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, comprising mafic, augite and hornblende porphyritic pyroclastics and flows, and associated alkaline intrusions. These rocks are intruded by granodiorite and quartz diorite of the Middle to Upper Cretaceous Summers Creek pluton.

Locally, a 55-metre-long roadcut of andesite tuff of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Eastern Belt, Bulletin 69) is mineralized with pyrite and chalcopyrite. Epidote, secondary orthoclase, magnetite and malachite accompany this mineralization. The tuff is intruded by a narrow, west-trending dike of quartz-plagioclase-orthoclase porphyritic rhyolite.

Work History

In 1972, Iso Explorations completed a 43.7 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Pip and Ok claims.

In 1981 and 1982, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Axe property.

In 1991, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed soil sampling, with a total of 458 samples collected, on the area as the Swan 6-11 claims. This program identified three copper anomalies with local associated gold enrichment.

In 1998, Causway Mining Corp. completed a program of rock sampling and an 8.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Axe and Adam claims of the Summers Creek property.

During 2003 through 2010, the occurrence area was held by Bearclaw Capital Corp. and Westar Resources Corp. as part of the Axe property.

In 2012, Xstrata Canada Corp. optioned the Axe property and completed a program of prospecting, soil sampling, a 35.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and a 954.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey.

In 2013, Bearclaw Capital Corp. and Westar Resources Corp. completed a soil sampling program on the occurrence area as the Swan 2000 through 5000 claims of the Swan-Axe property.

In 2018, Evrim Exploration Canada Corp. completed a program of rock sampling, geological mapping, 41 rotary drill holes, totalling 695.3 metres, and 4 diamond drill holes, totalling 2113.6 metres, on the Axe property.