The Rabbit occurrence outcrops approximately 600 metres southwest of the south end of Rampart Lake and 6.2 kilometres due north of the confluence of Summers and Rampart creeks.
The area along Summers Creek is underlain by the Eastern volcanic facies of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, comprising mafic, augite and hornblende porphyritic pyroclastics and flows, and associated alkaline intrusions. These rocks are intruded by granodiorite and quartz diorite of the Middle to Upper Cretaceous Summers Creek pluton.
Locally, an andesite outcrop of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Eastern Belt, Bulletin 69) is mineralized with chalcopyrite along tight fractures. Epidote-altered andesite outcrops nearby. Andesitic agglomerate, located 300 metres southeast, contains disseminated chalcopyrite, both in clasts and in the enclosing matrix.
Work History
In 1981 and 1982, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Axe, BSM, Snow and Star claims of the Axe property.
In 1998, Causway Mining Corp. completed a program of rock sampling and an 8.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Axe and Adam claims of the Summers Creek property.
During 2003 through 2010, the area immediately west of the occurrence area was held by Bearclaw Capital Corp. and Westar Resources Corp. as part of the Axe property.
In 2012, Xstrata Canada Corp. optioned the Axe property and completed a program of prospecting, soil sampling, a 35.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and a 954.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey.
In 2013, Bearclaw Capital Corp. and Westar Resources Corp. completed a soil sampling program on the occurrence area as the Swan 2000 through 5000 claims of the Swan-Axe property.
In 2018, Evrim Exploration Canada Corp. completed a program of rock sampling, geological mapping, 41 rotary drill holes, totalling 695.3 metres, and 4 diamond drill holes, totalling 2113.6 metres, on the Axe property.
