The South Shore (Norman) occurrence is located on Contact Creek, approximately 1.5 kilometres southeast of the western end of Nahwitti Lake.
Regionally, the area is underlain by northwest-trending belts of basaltic volcanics and carbonate sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen and Quatsino formations (Vancouver Group) and mafic volcanics and sediments of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group (Holberg volcanic unit, Nahwitti River wacke and Parson Bay Formation). These volcanic and sedimentary rocks have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite.
Locally, garnet-epidote skarn is hosted in Quatsino limestone near granodiorite intrusives. A sill-like body is in contact with limestone in the locale of the mineralization. Mineralization consists of disseminated sphalerite and galena in two zones 80 to 90 metres long. Where the zones intersect, a mineralized pod, 25 by 8 metres, is present. Chalcopyrite is in two stringers approximately 5 metres long and 0.6 to 1.5 metres wide. Pyrite and pyrrhotite are present in Bonanza Group silicified andesites and cherty (?) sediments to the south.
In 1966, chip samples (3032) yielded up to 9.56 per cent zinc, 3.45 per cent copper, 0.10 per cent lead and 75.4 grams per tonne silver across 2.4 metres (Assessment Report 870). A more representative assay is from a chip sample (3034) of unknown width, which returned 8.83 per cent zinc, 0.36 per cent copper, 0.10 per cent lead and 15.1 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 870). Drilling at this time is reported to have yielded up to 0.49 per cent zinc, 1.32 per cent copper and 29.1 grams per tonne silver over 9.45 metres in hole NL-4 (Assessment Report 17393).
In 1981, sampling of a mineralized pod yielded 9.93 per cent zinc, 4.03 per cent lead and 193.6 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 9507).
In 1991, a rock sample (5071) assayed 7.58 per cent copper, 10.0 per cent zinc, 144.1 grams per tonne silver and 0.11 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 21270). Also at this time, drillhole 91-5 is reported to have yielded up to 6.4 per cent zinc over 4 metres (Assessment Report 23030).
In 1992, three samples (76223, 76224 and 76225) yielded from 0.714 to 3.83 per cent zinc, 0.092 to 0.476 per cent lead, 0.014 to 0.119 per cent copper and 2.7 to 4.7 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 22283).
The area has been explored since the early 1930s. In 1952, American Smelting and Refining completed a program of geological mapping and 13 drillholes on the Monzonite Creek (MINFILE 092L 244) and Zinc Creek (MINFILE 092L 245) zones. Drilling failed to indicate much continuity of the mineralized zone. In 1966, Giant Explorations Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area as the HPH claims. During 1969 through 1973, Giant Explorations Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, soil sampling and ground and airborne geophysical surveys on the area as the Taxi claims. In 1979, Argilis Exploration Services Ltd. mapped the area as the Big Joe claim.
In 1981, Silver Bar Resources prospected the area. In 1984, the area was prospected and sampled by Daiwan Engineering as the Misty claims. During 1987 through 1991, Hisway Resources Corp. completed programs of geological mapping, ground geophysical surveys, geochemical sampling and six drillholes, totalling 381.5 metres, on the area. In 1992, Cameco Corporation completed a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and ground geophysical surveys on the area. In 1993, Hisway Resources Corp. sampled and mapped the area as the Ruth Mary claim.
In 2006, New Livingstone Minerals prospected the area.
