The Pete Creek (PY) occurrence is located west of the Salmo River and south of Pete Creek at an elevation of 862 metres.

Regionally, the area is underlain by quartzites, pelites, phyllites, limestone and argillites of the Cambrian Laib Formation and quartz arenite sedimentary rocks of the Neoproterozoic to Lower Cambrian Hamill Group, which have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Cretaceous Anstey pluton to the northeast.

Locally, limited geological descriptions indicate the development of sulphide mineralization within altered quartzitic and limestone (Reeves Member) units of the Lower Cambrian Laib Formation.

The first occurrence is located approximately 122 metres south of Pete Creek at 862 metres elevation, where a small lens of sphalerite and galena occurs at the contact between a medium- to coarse-grained, tremolitic limestone and what is defined as ‘granitized quartzite’ and maight be a tongue of granitic intrusive. A chip sample across 1.53 metres at this site contained 34.3 grams per tonne silver, 3.48 per cent lead, and 5.1 per cent zinc but the mineralization is extremely limited in extent (Bulletin 41, page 135).

The second occurrence is located approximately 458 metres southwest of the first zone and comprises a zone of massive pyrrhotite at the contact between Reeves limestone and ‘granitized siliceous rocks’. The mineralized zone has been traced for 23 metres along a strike of 075 degrees. The limestones at this site are described as crystalline, grey limestone partly altered to a green silicate rock (skarn) in contact with the above mentioned granitized siliceous rocks. A 6-metre deep shaft is reported on the west of the zone.

In 1955, a chip sample from a pit on the first mineralized zone assayed 34.2 grams per tonne silver, 3.48 per cent lead and 5.10 per cent zinc (Property File - Hendrick, D. M. [1975-05-02]: Correspondence RE: Zinc-lead prospect in Oxide group and Pete Creek).

In 1998, three samples (ABM98-1 to -3) from a trench averaged 76.8 grams per tonne silver, 6.636 per cent lead, 9.452 per cent zinc and 0.069 per cent cadmium (Assessment Report 25655).

In 1954 and 1955, the area was explored as the Beaver, Beaverdell and Apex claims. A number of trenches and pits were reported on the claims at this time.

In 1960, McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. completed a program of soil sampling and a ground electromagnetic survey on the area as the Arnot claims. In 1970, Pyramid Mining Co. Ltd. conducted 44.0 line-kilometres of ground induced polarization and magnetic surveys and an unknown amount of percussion drilling on the area as the P and PY claims.

In 1981, Greenwich Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (rock, silt and soil) sampling, geological mapping and ground geophysical surveys on the area as the Red Rock property. In 1997 and 1998, Cominco Ltd. completed a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and 10.5 line-kilometres of ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Bow 1-37 claims. In 1999, Redhawk Resources Inc. soil sampled the area.

During 2007 through 2010, Clarke Gold Inc. conducted programs of geological mapping and soil, silt, heavy mineral and rock sampling on the area as the Nox Fort property.