The DKD 6 showing is located 1 kilometre south of Arlington Lakes and approximately 13 kilometres north-northeast of Carmi. The showing includes several copper occurrences and an adit near the south end of a small pond and east of the railway.
The showing occurs in diorite of an unnamed Middle Jurassic intrusion near the east contact of a north-south band of Carboniferous-Permian Anarchist chlorite-biotite schist. This intrusion was previously mapped as Middle Jurassic Nelson Intrusions (Geological Survey of Canada Map 1736A). An adit at this site has been driven eastward on a quartz vein. Disseminated magnetite, pyrite and chalcopyrite are noted in highly altered basic rocks (Anarchist Group?). Also included in the DKD 6 showing are two copper occurrences in Anarchist chlorite-biotite schist 100 metres to the northwest, disseminated chalcopyrite blebs in Anarchist chlorite- biotite schist 200 metres to the southwest, and a copper occurrence in diorite 250 metres to the west of the adit.
The ELK 3 (082ENW038) showing, approximately 750 metres to the north, has some similarities to the DKD 6 showing.
The general area has numerous old workings, pits, and adits which date from the early 1900s. More recent work includes a 1971 magnetometer survey for Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Ltd. and prospecting and geological mapping in 1973 for K.F. Brunning. Some additional prospecting was carried out in 1978 by James Mcleod for Edward Carson & Associates.
The 1971 magnetometer survey identified a magnetic anomaly along the geological contact between a gneissic diorite and a mafic diorite. It was further noted that copper mineralization is coincident with this magnetic anomaly (Assessment Report 3352). Assays from the DKD 6 showing are not recorded.
In 1996, Madman Mining Co. Ltd. completed a prospecting, soil sampling, and a VLF-EM geophysical survey on the property containing the occurrence. Highlighted grab sample ARL04-L graded 0.16 percent copper from a mafic schist with chalcopyrite stringers, associated quartz stingers in clasts or xenoliths in granitoid rock (Kemp, R. (2017-07-13): National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Arlington Property).
In 2015, Explorex Resources Inc completed magnetic and VLF-EM geophysical surveys, a prospecting and sampling program on the property containing the occurrence.
In 2017, Coast Mountain Geological Ltd. completed an exploration program including soil sampling, rock sampling, and 26.4 line-kilometres of ground magnetic and VLF-EM surveys. Highlighted results include grab sample 5.4 grams per tonne silver, and 0.93 percent zinc (Kemp, R. (2017-07-13): National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Arlington Property).
In 2018, Clarmin Exploration Inc. completed a prospecting and soil sampling program on the property (Assessment Report 36956). The property was returned to Explorex Resources Inc. in late 2018.
