The Asp 14 copper showing lies on the northwest bank of Olivine (Slate) Creek and 8 kilometres southwest of Tulameen.

Bornite and chalcopyrite occur as very fine disseminations in olivine gabbro within the eastern margin of the Early Jurassic Tulameen Ultramafic Complex. This mineralization appears to be associated with faults and forms lenticular and discontinuous zones with gradational margins. One prominent zone is exposed over a length of 100 metres. Malachite and azurite staining has been traced over a distance of at least 900 metres (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1918, page 214).

Work History

The showing was initially trenched and stripped by its discoverer, A. Jensen, during 1917 and 1918. Representative grab samples taken across opencuts excavated in 1919 assayed up to 2 per cent copper, and selected grab samples assayed up to 4 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1919, page 172).

Further trenching and soil sampling were conducted by Sicintine Mines Ltd. in 1969 and 1970.

In 2017, a chip sample (S-02) of olivine gabbro hosting chalcopyrite, pyrite and malachite assayed 0.339 gram per tonne gold, 0.024 gram per tonne platinum, 1.572 grams per tonne palladium and 4.74 per cent copper over 2 metres (Kerr, J.R. (2018-10-04): Technical Report on the Olivine Mountain Property).

In 2018, GSP Resources Corp. completed a program of soil sampling and a 370 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area as the Olivine Mountain property. The following year, seven diamond drill holes, totalling 1200 metres, were completed on the Olivine Mountain property. Drillhole 4-B yielded 0.22 per cent copper over 7.0 metres (Discovery Consultants [2020-07-27]: Technical Report on the Olivine Mountain Property, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada).