The Taylor occurrence lies above the north bank of the Peace River, at the Peace River bridge, 15 kilometres southeast of the town of Fort St. John.

Lower Cretaceous Fort St. John Group clay-rich shales were sampled by the Industrial Mineral Division of the Department on Mines and Technical Surveys in 1959. The shale outcrops in deep stream valleys and along roadcuts. The samples were collected as part of a regional program testing the ceramic properties of various clay-rich deposits.