The Kringle Bornite occurrence is located near a logging road junction, west of the Adam River and approximately 3.4 kilometres west-northwest of the Tlowils Lake. The showing was discovered in 2006, but the area has been historically explored in conjunction with the Boyes 3 (MINFILE 092L 165) occurrence.

The area, on the east side of Vancouver Island, is underlain by gently to moderately dipping massive and amygdaloidal basalts of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group). Interbedded with the basalts are minor limestone strata, 15 metres thick. The Adam River defines the contact between sediments and volcanic rocks to the west and the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite to the east.

Locally, mineralized quartz veins with epidote and calcite cut massive beds of an aphanitic basalt. Mineralization consists of bornite and pyrite.

In 2006, a sample (KL040T) assayed 0.613 per cent copper, 4.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.216 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 28327).

In 2019, a sample (19187) from the occurrence area assayed 1.25 per cent copper (Wasteneys, H. [2019-07-25]: NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Adam West Property, Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia).

Work History

In 1991, West Pride Industries completed a program of geological mapping, rock -, silt -, and soil sampling, as well as sampling of previous drillcores on the area as the Boyes 1-5 claims, Adam River property. During 2006 through 2013, M. Schau completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, and rock sampling on the area as the Kringle South property. During 2018 through 2020, Altum Resource Corp. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, a 3.5 line-kilometre induced polarization survey, and a 361.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetometer survey on the area as the Adam West property.