The exact location of the occurrence is unknown but is believed to be in the area north of the Bedwell River, below Dry Creek.

The area is underlain by volcanics of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group) which are intruded by granitic rock of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. In the Bedwell River area the Karmutsen rocks consist of fine-grained andesites and black or dark green basalts. The plutonic rocks on Vancouver Island vary in composition from gabbro to quartz monzonite but are mainly granodiorite and quartz diorite.

Three tonnes of ore was mined in 1942 and 156 grams of gold was produced (Mineral Policy data). It is reported that over 15 metres of tunnelling was completed in that year (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1942). No description of the deposit was recorded.

During 1972 through 1982, W. Guppy and Golden Hinde Mines completed programs of prospecting, rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and four packsack drill holes, totalling 20 metres, on the area by as the Cub and Nub claims.