The Box occurrence is located at the head of Horseshoe Creek, approximately 23.5 kilometres north east of Cranbrook.

The area is underlain by Helikian Aldridge Formation (Purcell Supergroup) sediments which are in fault contact with Lower Creston Formation (Purcell Supergroup) sediments to the north and with Devonian sediments to the south.

Spotty patches of galena are associated with quartz veins (0.5-2.0 metres wide) within Aldridge Formation quartzites. The veins may be a strike extension of the Victor vein (082GNW004) or just similar to it in character. In addition, a large occurrence of brecciated and healed quartzite hosting patches of pyrite and chalcopyrite coincides with an east trending fault associated with the Dibble-Horseshoe Creek fault.

Grab rock samples from bedding plane parallel quartz veining assayed 0.27 per cent lead, 0.17 per cent zinc, 1.52 grams per tonne gold and 3.4 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 18309).

In 1980 and 1981 consulting geologist, C.M. Armstrong, P.Eng., conducted a detailed geochemical soil, silt and rock sampling program on the Box Claim. Sampling returned values up to 117.4 grams per tonne gold, 3484 grams per tonne silver, 4.10 per cent copper, 2710 parts per million lead and 1710 parts per million zinc (Assessment Report 26181). In 1995, with Explore B.C. Program support, G.H. Babcock retained R. Walker, P.Geo. to carry out a programme of geological mapping and compilation, sampling and assaying. The resulting report identified four drill targets and recommended a property wide soil survey and smaller, more focussed VLF and magnetometer surveys. The study also identified a potentially economic gypsum horizon at the base of a Devonian sequence, which should be evaluated (Explore B.C. Program 95/96 - M127 DV). In 1996-1999, Big B Resources Inc. completed a series of geochemical, geophysical and geological surveys, plus a limited drill program.