The Tutizzi Copper occurrence is located approximately 2 kilometres north of the western end of Tutizzi Lake, 90 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

Regionally, the area is underlain by calc-alkaline and fine clastic sedimentary rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group that have been intruded by ultramafic and gabbroic to dioritic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Aiken Lake Intrusive Complex. Quartz monzonitic to monzogranitic intrusive rocks of the Lower Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite and monzodioritic to gabbroic intrusive rocks of the Mesilinka pluton are exposed to the southwest and south.

The hostrocks are thought to be part of a Jurassic or older intrusion, possibly related to quartz monzonitic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite, or gabbroic to diortic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Aiken Lake Intrusive Complex. The showing occurs near the contact with volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Plughat Mountain Formation (Takla Group).

A copper showing is shown on Map 1030A (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 274) but little information is available on the occurrence; however, Memoir 274 (page 202) reports that "north of Tutizzi Lake, several of the quartz veins contain crystalline galena, commonly accompanied by chalcopyrite or specular hematite." Further, Memoir 274 (page 223) states that quartz veins are numerous in the area, some attaining a width of 90 centimetres and a length of 100 metres or more.

In 2018, two rock samples (SW18-060 and -062) of quartz vein breccias with sericite-silica-chalcopyrite haloes and quartz-carbonate veins with minor pyrite-chalcopyrite within a chlorite-magnetite–altered augite basalt, taken from the ridge to the north of the plotted location of the occurrence, yielded 0.557 and 0.316 per cent copper, respectively (Assessment Report 38375).

Work History

During 1991 through 1994, Swannell Minerals Corp. completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, a 13.1 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey, a 22.5 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and 10 diamond drillholes, totalling 897.9 metres, the area as the Abe 1-8 claims.

In 1998, Starfield Resources Inc. completed an extensive program of geological mapping, geochemical (rocks, silt and soil) sampling, a 35.8 line-kilometre ground magnetic and a 27.2 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the Abe 1-8 and Norm 1-4 claims.

In 2004 and 2005, Commander Resources Ltd. completed programs of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Abe property. In 2007, Geoinformatics Exploration Canada Ltd. conducted a program of geological mapping, minor geochemical (rock and silt) sampling and five diamond drill holes, totalling 1600.0 metres, on the area as part of the regionally extensive Mesilinka property, which included the Abe property.

In 2012, on behalf of Commander Resources Ltd., a field program comprising reconnaissance prospecting, mapping and geochemical sampling was carried out on the Abe property. A total of 328 soil samples, 22 rock samples and 8 silt samples were collected and submitted for analysis.

During 2018 through 2021, Commander Resources Ltd. completed further programs of geological mapping and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Omineca (Abe) property.