The Joy Mining Placer occurrence is situated on Highway 5, 1.4 kilometres south of Summers Creek and 6.5 kilometres north of Princeton.

The showing consists of a deposit of poorly sorted gravel containing rounded boulders from pebble size to 0.3 metre or more in diameter in a matrix of rusty-coloured sand. The sand contains a high percentage of heavy minerals. Panning of the sand revealed visible gold and platinum (A.G. Pentland, 1971, page 4).

The showing was evaluated by Joy Mining Ltd. in 1971.