The Hop occurrence is located near the headwaters of Rose Creek, a tributary to Thibert Creek, about 52 kilometres northwest of the community of Dease Lake.

The showing is near the contact of the Mississippian-Triassic Kedahda Formation (Cache Creek Complex) and Permian French Range Formation (Cache Creek Complex). Volcanic rocks (French Range Formation) comprise fine-grained andesite and crystal lithic andesitic tuff. Sedimentary rocks (Kedahda Formation) consist of fine to coarse-grained limestone, chert, mudstone, phyllite and carbonaceous shale. Considerable folding and fracturing is evident throughout the area.

Alteration minerals observed in increasing abundance are potassium feldspar, epidote, chlorite, calcite and quartz. Silicification is widespread throughout an argillaceous mudstone and/or phyllite while the remaining alteration minerals are in the volcanic rocks. Locally, manganese staining is present.

Sulphide mineralization comprising pyrite and chalcopyrite appears to be confined to quartz veining or within silicified zones within the sediments. A grab sample from a trench exposing a pyritic quartz vein yielded 10.5 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 19473).

In 1989, a program of linecutting, trenching, geological mapping, rock sampling and prospecting was conducted on behalf of Big I Developments Ltd. In 1999, rock sampling, silt sampling and prospecting was carried out by G. Diakow on the Vowel claims. In 2003, the Frying Pan claims now cover the original Hop showing and J. Hope and B. Molak conducted prospecting and took 25 rock samples.