The East Hazel occurrence is located on a ridge south of Kinsman Creek, approximately 6 kilometres southeast of the creek mouth on Nimpkish Lake. This is within the east-central portion of Hazel 3 claim (Assessment Report 456). This showing corresponds with showings 7 to 15 in the Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report of 1929. The occurrence lies 500 metres west of Nimpkish Copper (MINFILE 092L 036) and 600 metres east of Hazel 7 (MINFILE 092L 118), with several small occurrences in between (see Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1929, Figure 6).

Regionally, the area is underlain by north-striking tholeiitic basalts of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group), which are overlaid by carbonate rocks of the Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation (Vancouver Group) and calcareous sedimentary rocks and felsic volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Parson Bay Formation (Bonanza Group). The sedimentary and volcanic rocks have been intruded by dioritic, granitic and tonalitic phases of the Upper Jurassic Nimpkish Batholith, which is part of Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. Strong regional north- to northwest-trending faults traverse the area, often defining intrusive and lithological contacts.

The occurrence consists of a number of replacement pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite-garnet lenses or stringers with minor amounts of magnetite, marcasite, covellite, bornite, molybdenite, greenockite, epidote, calcite, quartz, actinolite, chlorite and sericite. The lenses are 0.5 metres thick and range up to 6 metres in length. They lie south of a 200-metre-long tongue of granodiorite that projects northwestward into Quatsino limestone as a 50 degree south dipping sheet. Lamprophyre dikes are present. The lenses lie within the limestone and are within 60 metres of the contact zone.

In 1930, diamond-drill hole 18 includes a 0.7 metre section of 85.04 grams per tonne gold and 0.29 per cent copper. A sample from a nearby trench assayed 17.6 per cent zinc and 0.73 per cent copper over 0.5 metres (Figure A, Assessment Report 456).

In 2018, a chip sample (780805) assayed 0.349 per cent copper and 1.2 per cent zinc over 2 metres (Assessment Report 38358).

Work History

In 1928, E.L. Kinman and Associates discovered the main showings. In 1929 and 1930, Cominco optioned the tenures and completed surface trenching and twenty diamond drill holes, totalling 2010 metres on the area. In 1962, Camloc Copper completed a program of geological mapping and a 0.7-kilometre magnetometer survey on the area as the Hazel Group. In 1966, Empire Development completed a program of ground geophysical surveys and geological mapping on the area as the Alpha, Hazel and Pie claims, Kinman property. In 1998 and 1999, Doublestar Resources completed programs of prospecting and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the 2Star claim group. In 2010 and 2012, Selkirk Metals completed programs of prospecting and rock sampling. In 2016 and 2018, Selkirk Metals Corp. completed programs of geological mapping and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the 2 Star property.