The Gold Rock (L.2901) occurrence is located near the mouth of Wasmes Creek, west of the Kettle River.

Regionally, the area lies at western boundary of the north-trending Rock Creek graben, within metavolcanic rocks of the Late Paleozoic Wallace Formation (Anarchist Group). A north-northwest– trending Eocene fault, located to the immediate east, juxtaposes alkalic Eocene volcanic rocks of the Marron Formation against Wallace Formation metavolcanic rocks to the west. The Wallace Formation is intruded by diorite and granodiorite of the middle Jurassic Westkettle Batholith.

Locally, a short adit exposes a quartz-filled shear zone hosting gold values. In 1989, a chip sample (18363) assayed 1.1 grams per tonne gold over 0.4 metre (Property File - L. Lee [1989-11-01]: Summary Report - Barnato area).

The area has been historically explored in conjunction with the nearby Mayflower (MINFILE 082ESE168) and Maybe (MINFILE 082ESE246) occurrences.

In 1994 and 1995, Phelps Corporation of Canada, Limited conducted programs of prospecting, geological mapping, soil sampling and diamond drilling on the area. In 1997, Emjay Enterprises Ltd. optioned the property from Phelps Dodge Corp. and carried out some geological mapping, sampling, and an induced polarization survey, and, in 1999, the work continued with additional mapping, soil geochemical programs and a ground magnetic survey. In 2000, a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping, trenching and a 9.4 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic survey was completed.