The King Solomon occurrence is located on the summit of the ridge between Sitkum and Duhamel creeks, some 18 kilometres north of Nelson.

The area is dominated by granitic rocks of the Middle to Late Jurassic Nelson Intrusions.

Locally, a quartz monzonite is cut by pegmatitic quartz and potassium feldspar-rich dikes. A quartz vein occupies a shear zone averaging 0.15 metre in width, striking 260 degrees and dipping 35 degrees. Ore mineralogy established from stockpiled ore comprises galena, sphalerite and lesser pyrite in a bullish white quartz gangue. The vein is moderately oxidized, minor limonite and hematite.

Production in 1938 and 1939, totalled 21 tonnes, yielding 622 grams of gold, 715 grams of silver and 49 kilograms of lead.

A grab sample taken in 1987 assayed 55 grams per tonne silver, 150 grams per tonne gold, 3 per cent lead and 1.1 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11).

In 2000, a sample (129496) of mineralized vein assayed 21.9 grams per tonne silver, 1.33 per cent lead and 0.26 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 26482).

In 2011, a sample (MM2205) of mineralized quartz vein from a dump outside the adit assayed 50 grams per tonne gold, 42.2 grams per tonne silver and 0.75 per cent lead (Assessment Report 33876).

The King Solomon claim (Lot 14628) was owned and operated during 1938-39 by T.L. Paris and A.D. Papazian, of Nelson. Hand steel tools was used to mine a small amount of ore. The upper workings follow a sharp footwall; the lower workings are caved. In 1968, Hudson Bay Oil and Gas completed a program of silt and soil sampling and a ground radiometric survey on the area as the Lemon Creek property. In 2000, a minor program of rock sampling and a 0.2 kilometre self-potential survey was completed by Tera Ex Mining. In 2011, Matovich Mining Industries completed a program of geological mapping and rock sampling.