The Bow Byes occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 820 metres, near the south bank of Bowbyes Creek and approximately 2.5 kilometres southwest of the south end of Bowbyes Lake.

The area is underlain by andesite, basalt, rhyolite and volcanic sandstone of the Mississippian Zymoetz Group (Mt. Attree volcanics) that have been intruded by Mississippian to Permian diorites, granodiorites, tonalites and gabbros. The previous units have, in turn, been intruded by tonalites and diorites of the Late Triassic Mount Clague Pluton.

Locally, two massive sulphide/magnetite lenses, each approximately 1 metre thick and 3 to 4 metres long, occur in chloritic schist of the Lower Jurassic Telkwa Formation (Hazelton Group). Mineralization consists of massive, crudely banded chalcopyrite, pyrite and magnetite. Quartz-eye rhyolite overlies and underlies the mineralized horizon.

A selected sample assayed 11.4 per cent copper and 124.8 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 15528).

Work History

In 1967, Bowbyes Mines Ltd. completed a program of trenching on the area.

In 1986, Laramide Resources Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock and heavy mineral) sampling on the area as the Billy 1-11 claims. A select sample assayed 11.4 per cent copper and 124.5 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 15528).

In 1987, BP Resources Canada, on the behalf of Laramide Resources, completed a further program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock silt and soil) sampling and four diamond drill holes, totalling 210.9 metres, on the Billy claims.

In 2017 and 2018, Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. completed programs of soil and bark sampling and reverse-circulation drilling on the area as the Kitimat project.