The Menard Pass occurrence is located approximately 11 kilometres northeast of Savage Mountain about 156 kilometres north-northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The regional and local geology is similar to that of the Marmot occurrence (MINFILE 094D 005), located approximately 3.3 kilometres to the north. The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Savage Mountain Formation (Takla Group) volcanics. These are bounded by the Moose Valley fault to the west and by the north-northwest trending Ingenika fault to the east. A Lower Jurassic quartz monzodiorite stock lies just to the north of the occurrence.

Molybdenite occurs at this location disseminated in Savage Mountain volcanics. Another molybdenite showing, with associated pyrite, is located approximately 1.75 kilometres to the southeast in quartz monzonite (Assessment Report 2349).

Two copper showings are hosted within a quartz porphyry. One is located approximately 400 metres to the northeast and the other, approximately 1 kilometre to the southeast of this occurrence.

In 2015, a single rock sample (R203401) from a narrow siliceous gossanous breccia with a small historic digging was collected and assayed 0.227 per cent copper and 1.025 grams per tonne gold. The sample site is about 450 metres northwest of the plotted located of the original Menard Pass showing (Assessment Report 35565).

In 2021, three grab samples (D704060 through D704062) from mineralized shear zones and andesite from the occurrence area and along the ridge to the northwest and northeast of the occurrence yielded from 1.37 to 3.56 per cent copper, 27.9 to 115 grams per tonne silver and 0.125 to 4.460 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 40029).

Work History

In 1966, New Wellington Mines completed an induced polarization survey on the area as the Marmot claims. In 1969, Texada Mines conducted a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling on the Marmot property. In 1973, Wesfrob Mines completed a 632.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the Marmot group of claims.

In 2015, High Power Exploration conducted property wide, broadly spaced geochemical sampling and reconnaissance style mapping and prospecting on key target areas on their large Menard property which covers eight occurrences (ARD, 094D 090); Kim, 094D 174; Overstall, 094D 154; Verna, 094D 173; Menard Pass (this description); Garry, 094D 175; Nightfly, 094D 155; and Nikos, 094D 085. A total of 10 days field work were completed and included the collection of 78 stream silt sediment samples of first and second order creeks across the property, the collection of 202 “B” horizon samples on topographic contour lines on approximately 100 metre-spaced samples in areas with outcrop or thin cover, and the collection of 294 "Ah" horizon soil samples on topographic contour lines with 100 metre-spaced samples in areas with thick till cover. Several recorded MINFILE occurrences and key target areas were prospected. A total of 59 rock chip samples were also collected during prospecting traverses.

In 2021, Wedgemount Resources Corp. completed a program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and spectral analysis on the area as the regionally extensive Cookie property.