The Keta (E-1) occurrence is located on a west flowing tributary of the Adam River, approximately 1.6 kilometres south of Keta Lake.

The area is underlain by strongly sheared and fractured hornblende diorite and migmatized volcanic rocks, at the western contact of the Adam batholith of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite with Upper Triassic Vancouver Group Karmutsen Formation volcanic rocks. Conspicuous epidote and potassium feldspar alteration are present; minor chloritic alteration also occurs.

Locally, minor chalcopyrite is present in fractures.

Work History

In 1969, Bethlehem Copper completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the Boyes claims. In 1971, Conoco Silver Mines completed a program of soil sampling and an induced polarization survey. During 2006 through 2013, M. Schau completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, and rock sampling on the area as the Kringle South property. During 2018 through 2020, Altum Resource Corp. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, a 3.5 line-kilometre induced polarization survey, and a 361.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetometer survey on the area as the Adam West property.