The Pelly Creek Placer occurrence is shown on Geological Survey of Canada Map 1030A at the confluence of Pelly Creek and Ingenika River, 120 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

No information is available on the placer gold occurrence, however, bedrock in the area consists of sericitic phyllites with interbeds of limestone and grit of the Neoproterozoic Tsaydiz Formation (Ingenika Group).