The GIVR occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1140 metres on a north facing slope, south of the Cedar River.

The area is underlain by Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous black carbonaceous argillites and greywackes of the Bowser Lake Group which have been intruded by porphyritic quartz monzonite of probable Eocene age. Granodiorite of the Creatceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex lies to the west. The sediments trend north-northeast to north-northwest with moderate to steep west dips. They are locally graphitic and are weakly to moderately altered to biotite hornfels near the intrusive rocks. The plug-like and dike-like intrusions of quartz monzonite are strung out in a north-northeast direction.

Locally, a fractured and brecciated contact zone of lithic arenite sequences between two quartz biotite porphyry plugs hosts quartz-carbonate veining, stockworking and flooding with pyrite, galena, molybdenite and minor chalcopyrite mineralization. The contact zone has an anastimosing shear texture and has also undergone some ankerite +/- limonite alteration. Veining in this area varies from massive planar sets to vuggy semi-breccias and matrix supported breccias. Possible skordite is also reported on fracture surfaces. Orthoclase, epidote and chlorite alteration assemblages are also present in areas of well developed stockwork and shear zones. Iron oxide + carbonate ± ankerite alteration assemblages are also present and are usually associated with late fractures or shears in the quartz biotite porphyry.

In 2005, diamond drilling yielded up to 14.4 grams per tonne gold over 1 metre in hole LC05018 and 0.01 per cent molybdenum over approximately 100 metres, including 0.027 per cent molybdenum over 12.01 metres in hole LC05016, while grab samples of vein material yielded values of up to 3.01 per cent molybdenum, 1.96 per cent copper, 2.24 per cent lead, 2.07 per cent zinc, 55.1 grams per tonne silver and 5.0 grams per tonne gold (Sharp, R.J. (2008-01-22): 2008 Exploration And Geological Report for the Elsiar Cu-Mo Porphyry Property).

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Macex (MINFILE 103I 021) occurrence and a full exploration/work history can be found there.