The JC 8 (Bud 5) occurrence is located between Miles and 3 Mile creeks, approximately 2.5 kilometres southwest of the southern end of Jacobie Lake.

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 75 metre area of propylitic-altered basalts near a syenite intrusive hosts disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite. In 1991, a select grab sample (ST-010) assayed 0.191 per cent copper (Assessment Report 21584).

In 1983 and 1984, Gibraltar Mines completed programs of soil sampling on the area as the Bear claims. In 1991, Pamicon Developments completed a program of geochemical sampling and geological mapping on the area as the Bud and JC claims. During 1996 through 1998, Big Valley Resources completed a program of rock and soil sampling on the area as the BV claims.