The Blue Bird occurrence is located approximately 2.0 kilometres east-northeast of Aspen Grove and 3.1 kilometres northwest of the north end of Alleyne Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by the Upper Triassic Nicola Group, which regionally consists of alkalic and calc-alkalic volcanics and intrusions of island arc origin, and which is the principal component of the Quesnel terrane in southern British Columbia (Geological Survey of Canada Maps 41-1989, 1713A). The area lies in the Central Belt or facies of the Nicola Group (after Preto, Bulletin 69). This belt of rocks mainly consists of subaerial and submarine, red or purple to green augite plagioclase porphyritic andesitic and basaltic flows, volcanic breccia and tuff, and minor argillites and limestone. The volcanics are intruded by bodies of comagmatic Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic diorite to monzonite. The area is characterized by long-lived, primarily north-striking faults and related fracturing, which originally controlled intrusion emplacement. East-striking faults are subordinate, and commonly offset intrusive contacts.

Locally, chalcocite and malachite are hosted in fracture zones in augite andesite porphyry of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Central belt, Bulletin 69).

In 1928, a sample from a 0.20-metre-thick seam of intensely oxidized mineralization assayed trace gold, 137 grams per tonne silver and 22 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1928, page 223).

Work History

A historical trench, likely dating to the early 1900s, has been developed on or near the occurrence.

In 1966, B & B Mining and Exploration Ltd. completed a 12.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Corky claims. In 1968, David Minerals Ltd. examined the area immediately east of the occurrence as the Halo claims. Later that year, Norranco Mining and Refining Co. Ltd. completed 20.0 line-kilometres of combined ground magnetic, induced polarization and self-potential surveys on the Broatch, Halo and Ram claims.

During 1969 through 1972, Dawood Mines Ltd. and Amax Exploration Inc. conducted programs of geological mapping, soil sampling and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the area immediately west of the occurrence as the Dote claims. During 1975 through 1980, David Minerals Ltd. conducted programs of geological mapping, self-potential surveys, trenching and five diamond drill holes, totalling 169 metres, on the area as the Halo, Touch, Broatch and Ex claims.

In 1991, Northair Mines Ltd. completed a program of rock and soil sampling on the area as the Shear property. The following year, Placer Dome Inc. completed a program of geological mapping, trenching and soil sampling on the property. In 1993, Northair Mines Ltd. completed a further program of rock sampling on the property. In 1997, Christopher James Gold Corp. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and a 13.8 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Big Kidd property.

In 2008, Christopher James Gold Corp. completed a 1113.5 line-kilometre airborne magnetic-radiometric survey on the Big Kidd property.

In 2011 and 2012, Xstrata Copper Canada Corp., on the behalf of Jiulian Resources Ltd., completed programs of prospecting, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and a 56.8 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the Big Kidd property. In 2018, Jiulian Resources Ltd. completed an 84.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the Big Kidd property. The following year, an 18.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey was completed.