The Gold Hill showing is located at 820 metres elevation, 4.5 kilometres southwest of Osoyoos, British Columbia. The Gold Hill occurs on the Gold Hill Reverted Crown grant (Lot 1916) on the western side of the historic Lakeview-Dividend claims. The claim is owned by R. Stewart. The Lakeview-Dividend occurrence (082ESW001) is located approximately 1 kilometre to the northeast.
Regionally, the Gold Hill occurrence is underlain by medium to coarse-grained granodiorite of the composite Middle Jurassic Similkameen batholith. To the west this includes alkali syenite and nepheline syenite of the Kruger intrusion. The Fairview intrusion outcrops to the north. The Similkameen batholith has intruded metasediments and metavolcanics of the Carboniferous to Permian Kobau Group. Intensely folded and metamorphosed quartzite, greenstone, phyllite, chlorite or mica schist with intercalations of dioritic rocks and sparse limestone lenses comprise lithologies. To the west lie a series of highly sheared schists, greenstones and quartzites known informally as the Kruger Schists.
Four rock types occur on the Gold Hill claim. These are greenstone, phyllite, quartzite and granodiorite. Greenstone is the dominant rock type which is locally schistose with abundant chlorite and biotite. The protolith was most likely basalt or andesite. Phyllites are generally siliceous, strike southeast and dip steeply southwest or vertical. The granodiorite ranges from unaltered to intensely altered and foliated.
The greenstone has been highly sheared in many areas associated with emplacement of the Similkameen batholith and other intrusions. Shear zones strike southeast and dip moderately to steeply northeast and southwest. Local variations occur however.
Silicification composed of quartz pods, stringers and veins is common throughout the greenstone and in quartzite near the southwest corner of the Gold Hill claim. Minor carbonate is also present.
Little is recorded of the early history of the Gold Hill showing. The first record of work was in 1896 (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1896, page 574). In 1904, the claim was Crown granted to E. D. Boeing and S. Mangott. An adit, an 8-metre shaft and 5 trenches along the south and east claim boundaries comprise old workings found on the Gold Hill Reverted Crown grant.
The mineralization of the Gold Hill showing is not reported but pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, magnetite and arsenopyrite are common in quartz pods, stringers and veins throughout the area. Malachite and limonite staining are frequently associated. Weakly sheared greenstone and quartzite are reported to be quartz cemented and weakly mineralized (Assessment Report 14877).
In 1987, prospecting was carried out on the Gold Hill showing. A sample from the face of the Gold Hill adit yielded 1.1 grams per tonne silver, 0.04 per cent copper, 0.01 per cent lead and 0.02 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 16630). Several drillholes of unknown age were discovered along the north claim boundary. Drill core was resampled. Drillhole #2 yielded 1.5 grams per tonne silver and 0.19 per cent copper over the interval from 30 to 60 centimetres (Assessment Report 16630).
