The Nic MSV occurrence is located in the eastern head waters of East Creek, at an elevation of 433 metres.

The area lies within the Insular Belt of the Cordillera and is underlain mainly by volcanics, crystalline rocks and minor sediments. Andesitic to rhyodacitic lava, tuff and breccia of the Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group overlie an assemblage consisting of sediments of the Paleozoic Sicker Group and basalts and minor carbonate and clastic sediments of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group. The Bonanza volcanics are coeval with, or genetically related to, granodiorite stocks of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite, which intrude all older rocks.

Locally, a 0.2-metre-thick poly-metallic massive sulphide vein hosted by pyritic granodiorite is exposed on the east side of a logging road cut in the Lois Pluton. The vein strikes 165 degrees and dips 75 degrees. A lone grab sample (17435) assayed 89 grams per tonne silver, 0.715 per cent copper and 0.286 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 31915).

Work History

During 2010 through 2012, Compliance Energy completed programs of geological mapping and rock, soil and silt sampling, 470 kilometres of airborne magnetic, electromagnetic and radiometric geophysical surveys and 0.9 kilometres of ground induced polarization and magnetic surveys on the area as the Nic property. In 2019, First Geolas Consulting completed a minor program of prospecting and rock sampling on the area as the Nic property.

The area has been previously explored in conjunction with the Iron Cop (MINFILE 092L 228) and Lois (MINFILE 092L 330) occurrences.