The Copper King occurrence is located on the south western shore of Atkins Cove in Quatsino Sound.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation limestone in contact to the southwest with Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group volcanics.

Locally, disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in silicified fracture zones in limestone 140 metres northeast of a contact with andesite flows and tuffs. Malachite and azurite are present in outcrop. Drilling shows the fracture zone strikes 300 degrees and dips 70 to 80 degrees north, while at surface the zone strikes 280 degrees and dips 60 degrees south (Assessment Report 8060). The zone is up to 10 metres wide and has been traced on surface for 100 metres.

In 1980, a 12 metre chip sample from the east end of the showing, near the shore, assayed 0.55 per cent copper and 1.7 grams per tonne silver. Another chip sample taken over 1.5 metres, from the western end of the showing, assayed 0.96 per cent copper and 3.1 grams per tonne silver. Drilling indicated the zone averaged 0.79 per cent copper over a 6 to 10 metre width (Assessment Report 8060).

The property was first staked in 1906 as the Copper King No.1 and Albion claims. During 1906 through 1922, a 10 metre shaft and four trenches were excavated along the mineralized zone. In the 1950’s K. Akre held the area as the FGP claims. In 1968, Giant Explorations optioned the ground and completed a program of geological mapping and diamond drilling the following year. In 1980, G.A. Noel completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Cove claim.