The Tap occurrence is located south of Tyner Creek, approximately 850 metres southwest of the creeks’ junction with Guichon Creek.

The area surrounding the confluence of Tyner and Guichon creeks is covered almost completely by drift. Situated near the southeastern perimeter of the Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek batholith, the area is underlain by quartz diorite designated as the Border phase, which comprise the oldest rocks in the batholith. Tyner Creek valley at its southern end exposes occasional outcrops of highly fractured, limonitic, altered and weathered grey gabbroic Guichon rocks.

Locally, as defined by drilling, low grade native copper mineralization is reported as well as erratic sections containing copper sulphides.

In 1972, two drill holes were completed to test an extensive induced polarization anomaly south of Tyner Creek and yielded intersections of 0.85 per cent copper over 12 metres in hole 72-7 and 0.84 per cent copper over 6 metres in hole 72-8 (Assessment Report 4931).

Work History

Two historic adits, now caved, and numerous filled trenches, likely dating to the early 1900s, are reported in the occurrence area, near the north bank of Tyner Creek and a short distance west of the creeks’ confluence with Guichon Creek.

In 1960, Spokane Syndicate completed a ground magnetometer survey on the area. In 1961, Tormont Mines Ltd. completed magnetometer and induced polarization surveys. In 1962, General Resources Ltd. completed and induced polarization. During 1965 through 1969, Carolin Mines Ltd. completed programs of soil sampling, electromagnetic, magnetic and induced polarization surveys and five diamond drill holes, totalling 1050 metres, on the area. All holes were reported to have intersected native copper mineralization and erratic sections containing copper sulphides.

In 1970, Lake Beaverhouse Mines Ltd. completed an induced polarization survey on the area. In 1972, Exel Explorations completed a program of soil sampling. In 1972 and 1973, G.S. Eldridge and Exel Explorations TLd. completed programs of soil sampling and geophysical (magnetometer and electromagnetic) surveys on the area. Also during 1972 through 1974, Sonic Ray Resources Ltd. completed an induced polarization survey and nine diamond drill holes on the area.

In 1983, Artina Resources completed two diamond drill holes on the area as the Tap claims. Drilling yielded intersections of sulphides and native copper in a chlorite-epidote-hematite altered quartz diorite. No assays were reported.

In 2006, a program of geological mapping and photo-geological interpretation was completed on the Tap property. During 2009 through 2011, the area was examined by Highbank Resources Ltd. and Moag Copper-Gold Resources Inc. as the Highland Valley property. Programs of geological mapping, soil sampling and an induced polarization survey were completed during this time.

During 2016 through 2018, Granby Gold Inc. completed programs of prospecting and geological mapping on the area as the Highland Valley South project.