The Woodland 1 occurrence is located on the north side of a northwestern tributary of Stirrup Creek, at an approximate elevation of 1600 metres.

The area is underlain by marine sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Jackass Mountain Group, which have been intruded by sills and dikes of Tertiary to Cretaceous feldspar porphyry and quartz porphyry. The Jackass Mountain Group consists of conglomerate, siltstone and sandstone, generally trending to the north or northeast and dipping to the west.

Locally, an argillic-altered feldspar porphyry and fault- contacted argillites and greywackes, hosts quartz veins with disseminated pyrite mineralization.

In 1988, a sample (51+50NW 52+25NE) of oxidized greywacke hosting pyrite from a hand trench, in an area of a gold-in-soil geochemical anomaly, assayed 0.62 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 17840). In 1998, a sample (98-5) assayed 0.63 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 25929).

During 1984 through 1987, minor programs of geological mapping, and rock and silt sampling were completed on the area as the Stirrup claim. During 1988 through 1990, Cazador Explorations completed a program of rock and soil sampling, trenching and a ground VLF-EM survey the area as the Stir and Sven claims. In 1995, the area was prospected as the North Fork claim. In 1996, Navarre Resources completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the SC claim group. In 1998, the area was prospected as the Woodland 1-2 claims. During 2006 through 2011, the area was prospected and sampled as the Dave claims of the Rod-Stir project. In 2012, Anglo-Canadian Mining completed a program of airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys on the area.