The QRIV occurrence is located on the south side of the Quesnel River, approximately 2.1 kilometres west of the junction of the Quesnel and Cariboo rivers.

Regionally, the area is located within the central Quesnel Trough. The area is underlain by Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic sedimentary and mafic to felsic volcanic rocks. This sequence has been intruded by small alkalic stocks of diorite to syenite compositions. This sedimentary and volcanic assemblage is correlative with the Nicola Group.

Locally, a north west- trending fault zone, up to 5 centimetres wide, composed of carbonate, minor quartz and blebs of pyrite, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite is hosted by a sequence of alternating pyritic hornblende basalt flows and calcareous argillites with minor sandstone. Peripheral to the fault zone the host rocks are carbonate-altered over a 10 metre envelope.

In 1984, a grab sample (6249) assayed 0.53 gram per tonne gold, 4.1 grams per tonne silver and 1.89 per cent arsenic, while a chip sample (93103) assayed 0.05 gram per tonne gold over 25 metres (Assessment Report 13390).

In 1984, Teck Explorations completed a program of soil and rock sampling, geological mapping and ground electromagnetic and magnetic surveys on the area as the QRIV claim. In 2005 and 2008, the area was prospected and sampled as the Dome claim group. During 2009 through 2014, Bearing Resources and Glengarry Developments completed programs of soil and rock sampling, geological mapping, 10 diamond drill holes, totalling 2087.7 metres, and ground induced polarization and magnetometer surveys on the area as the October Dome property.