The Down Dip showing is underlain by mixed grey-brown turbidites and grey-black thin-bedded rusty sedimentary rocks of the Helikian Aldridge Formation of the Purcell Supergroup. General prospecting indicates that other than the fragmentals complexes very little sedimentary rock is available for view in the area of the Down Dip property. Most outcrop encountered were coarse to medium grained diorite to gabbro intrusive rocks.
In 1997/1998, Abitibi Mining Corp collected more than 3486 soil samples on the Yahk Claim Group (Hot claims) (Mt. Mahon area) for geochemical analysis (Assessment Report 25271 and 25568). Some 42 rock samples and 17 petrographic samples were also collected, and a 475-kilometre gravity survey was completed.
In 2001, operator Klondike Gold Corp. (owner: Abitibi Mining Corp.) drilled 2 diamond drill holes totalling 1542 meters (505 feet) were completed on their Hot 30 to test an area of near surface exhalative style venting. This drilling was completed about 700 metres west of the Down Dip showing (Assessment Report 26836). No significant mineralization was reported.
In 2016, 4 rock samples, (CK16-96, 97, 98 and 99) were collected at one location on the Down Dip property on behalf of owner Darlene Lavoie. These samples were described as dark black (biotite-bearing) quartz-grained wacke. Only sample CK16-96 was described as containing clots and disseminations of galena and sphalerite as well as pyrrhotite and pyrite. However, analysis of the samples revealed relatively low values in lead and zinc with the highest values coming from sample CK-16-97 at 316.5 parts per million lead, 516 parts per million zinc and 0.9 gram per tonne silver. Sample CK16-96 had the second highest zinc value at 492 parts per million zinc, but with only 86.4 parts per million lead (Assessment Report 36299).
In 2019, work completed on the Down Dip property consisted of the analysis of digitized airborne magnetic data in an effort to delineate key structures that may be associated with metal deposits (Assessment Report 39069). The magnetic data were acquired in 1996 (Assessment Report 24652) and reported in the form of scaled maps.
