The Lode 6 showing is located on the north side of a tributary of Basin Creek, about 2.8 kilometres east of American Creek, 24 kilometres north of Stewart.

The area is underlain by the north-northwest trending, east dipping Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Hazelton Group) (Bulletin 58; 63). These rocks, predominantly volcaniclastics, lie on the eastern limb of the American Creek anticline.

The showing is described as a series of veins containing pyrite, quartz and chalcopyrite related to northwest trending dacitic dikes. Vein widths up to 1 metre have been reported. A chip(?) sample was taken across 0.3 metre, comprising 20 per cent quartz, 5 per cent chalcopyrite and 5 per cent pyrite. This sample assayed 16.80 per cent copper, 0.07 gram per tonne gold and 2.2 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 19723).

In 1989, White Channel Resources Inc. conducted a geological-geochemical exploration program on the Lode 3-6 and Lode 8 claims. Mineralization was located on the Lode 6 claim. During 2005 through 2010, Auramex completed programs of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical sampling and airborne geophysical surveys on the area as the Bear River-Surprise Creek property.