The Cow 11 occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 620 metres, north of Waldon Creek and approximately 6.2 kilometres northeast of the community of Lake Cowichan.

Regionally, the area is underlain by chert, siliceous argillite and siliciclastic rocks of the Mississippian to Pennsylvanian Fourth Lake Formation (Buttle Lake Group), calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of the Middle to Upper Devonian Nitinat Formation (Sicker Group) and volcaniclastic rocks of the Middle to Upper Devonian Mclaughlin Ridge Formation (Sicker Group). These rocks are intruded by granodiorite and quartz diorite of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite and gabbroic to dioritic rocks of the Triassic Mount Hall Gabbro. Undivided sedimentary rocks of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group locally overlay the previous units. The area is highly faulted and major folds are present. The Paleozoic Sicker Group rocks have undergone greenschist metamorphism.

Locally, a rusty brown gossanous diorite occurs. No sulphide mineralization was reportedly visible. Disseminated pyrite is reported from tuffs in the area.

In 1992, a sample (9153) of diorite assayed 13.00 grams per tonne gold, 14.7 grams per tonne silver and 0.338 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22329).

Work History

During 1985 through 1987, JBL Resources completed programs of geological mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling, ground geophysical surveys on the area immediately north as the Cow 12-16 claims. Also in 1986 and 1987, International Cherokee Development completed a program of geochemical sampling, geological mapping, prospecting and ground geophysical surveys on the area immediately south as the Cow 7 claim of the Chem property.

In 1992, GLS Global Listing Service Limited completed a program of rock and soil sampling on the area as the Cow 7, 9-11 claims of the Chem property.

In 2019, Kootenay Zinc Corp. conducted a program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Angus Property.

In 2024, Fields of Gold Corp. conducted a program of geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling on the area as the C3 property.