The GOLDEN CACHE past producer is located on the north side of Cayoosh Creek, approximately 3.5 kilometres west of the confluence of Phair Creek. The town of Lillooet, British Columbia lies approximately 11 kilometres to the east-northeast.

Regionally, the area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Brew Group, part of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Cayoosh Assemblage, and marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Mississippian to Jurassic Bridge River Complex. A shear zone, thought to be related to a regional thrust fault (Cayoosh Creek Thrust Fault), separates argillite and sandstone of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Cayoosh Assemblage from overlying Mississippian to Jurassic Bridge River Complex metasediments and schists. Mineralization along the Cayoosh Creek Fault can be traced for an approximately 3 kilometre length from the Ample-Goldmax prospect westward through the Ample Mine and Wedge showings to the Golden Cache Mine. The dip is generally shallow to the east with local flat-lying structures. Tight recumbent folds and imbricate structures occur with strong graphitic shearing along fold limbs, occasionally intruded by narrow felsic dikes. Quartz veins are irregularly distributed and follow the local schistosity.

Earliest reference to this gold camp is in 1885 when A.Noel worked on the Golden Cache and Bonanza adits, 1 kilometre east. The Golden Cache adits (five in all) follow flat-lying lenses, up to 3 metres thick, hosted in chlorite-talc schist striking northwest and dipping 17 degrees east. Scattered pyrite, arsenopyrite and native gold occur in both quartz and wallrock.

Other workings, referred to as the Ample adit, are located approximately 2.5 kilometres to the east and at 762 metres elevation, near the eastern boundary of the Omega Fraction (Lot 522) claim. These expose an irregular quartz vein averaging 1 metre in width. The vein contains abundant arsenopyrite with native gold and follows bedding in argillite that dips 18 degrees north.

Between 1897 and 1901, the mine produced 2788 tonnes of ore averaging 8.12 grams of gold per tonne for a total recovery of 23 kilograms of gold (Assessment Report 12571). There has been some confusion in past records between the Golden Cache and the Ample (MINFILE 092JNE069) past producers. Production figures are listed for the Golden Cache, although they have been previously listed under the Ample, and are thought to refer to the ‘Ample’ adit located on the Omega Fraction (Lot 522) claim.

In 1934, Bonanza Cache Gold Mines Limited examined the area and completed three drill holes, totaling 309 metres. Diamond drill hole no.1 is reported to have yielded up to 5.8 grams per tonne gold and 6.8 grams per tonne silver over 1.2 metres (Property File - A. McLeod [1934-10-12]: Progress Report - Tunnel on Bonanza Group). While a sample from a mineralized lens exposed by a tunnel assayed 3.8 grams per tonne gold over 0.9 metres (Property File - S.J. Schofield [1935-06-25]: Reports on the Property of the Bonanza Cache Gold Mines Ltd. - Cayoosh Creek).

In 1983, samples assayed up to 7.2 grams gold per tonne gold (Assessment Report 12571). In 2002, Quartz Mountain Resources optioned the Ample-Goldmax property, which included the Golden Cache mine. In 2004, Canadian Resources House acquired the property.

Refer to AMPLE (Minfile 092JNE069) and AMPLE-GOLDMAX (Minfile 092JNE209) for area exploration history.