The Heather West (L56) occurrence is located approximately 600 metres northwest of Mount Baldwin at an elevation of approximately 1300 metres.

The area occurs on the eastern edge of the Britannia- Indian River pendant, which hosts the volcanogenic deposits of the Britannia camp (MINFILE 092GNW003). The Britannia-Indian River pendant is mainly a calc-alkaline, sub-aqueous volcanic and sedimentary sequence of felsic to intermediate pyroclastics, flows, cherts, argillites and greywackes. The entire pendant has been classified as part of the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Gambier Group. Cenozoic to Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex intrusives surround portions of the stratified rocks, creating screens or pendants. These bodies are oriented north westerly throughout the Coast complex. Pliocene to recent Garibaldi Group basaltic dikes and sills intrude both the pendant and plutonic rocks.

Locally, a granodiorite to quartz monzonite near the contact with a basalt dike hosts quartz-jasperite veins with sulphide mineralization. The sulphides are not described but are assumed to include pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena.

In 1981, a rock sample (25567) assayed 1.26 grams per tonne gold, 11.3 grams per tonne silver, 0.178 per cent copper, 1.02 per cent lead and 1.08 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 11642).

The area has been historically explored in conjunction with the McVicar (MINFILE 092GNW006) occurrence to the north east. During 1978 through 1983, Texasgulf and later Kidd Creek Mines completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and ground and airborne geophysical surveys. In 1987, Kidd Creek Mines completed a program of rock sampling and geological mapping. During 2011 through 2016, the area was prospected and sampled as the Sky Pilot Gold property.