The KUQ occurrence is located 2.5 kilometres west of Kwois River, 8 kilometres northwest of head of Tahsish Inlet.

The area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group rocks, consisting of andesitic flows, tuffs and agglomerates. Minor sediments are interbedded with the volcanic rocks. The Kauwitch intrusive stock of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suit lies immediately west of the occurrence.

The occurrence consists of weak disseminated chalcopyrite mineralization over 610 metres of strike length in a garnet-diopside skarn altered limestone bed. The limestone bed strikes northwest and dips 30 degrees west. The mineralized skarn lies at the contact of a quartz diorite intrusive. Flat faults and fractures occur throughout the host rock.

The area was originally staked in 1969 with the first recorded exploration work being completed in 1974 by Moneta Porcupine Mines. In 1991, Stow Resources completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical sampling and prospecting on the Kwois claims. A selected grab sample yielded values up to 2788 parts per million copper, 68 parts per billion gold and 20 parts per million molybdenum (Assessment Report 22168).