The exact location of the Comet showing is unknown. Old records suggest that the mineralization is principally on the Comet No. 1 claim (Lot 3419), about 1000 metres east of Rufus Creek and 1500 metres north of the Stewart highway.
The area is predominantly underlain by subhorizontal to gently north dipping andesitic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Hazelton Group).
The Comet vein is a quartz-calcite vein, up to 12 metres wide, that has been traced for about 250 metres. The vein strikes 020 degrees and dips vertically. Mineralization comprises arsenopyrite and galena (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1920; Assessment Report 8912). Selected samples assayed up to 54.9 grams per tonne gold (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 175, page 44). The vein may be part of the mineralized tuff unit that extends through the Vet showing (104A 124).
The Blue vein, lying west of the Comet vein, is 0.15 to 0.5 metre wide and carries galena and chalcopyrite. High silver values have been reported from the vein (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1920). Several other veins have been reported in the vicinity (Assessment Report 8912).
In 1919, the Comet was first referred to when a high-grade discovery was reported on the claims. Shaft sinking proceeded the following year. In 1920, the silver-rich Blue vein was described to the west of the Comet showing. Little further work has been reported since 1922. The Comet claims were included in the Argenta group of Argenta Mines Limited in 1924, Rufus Argenta Mines Limited in 1927, Crest Copper Company Limited in 1966 and Tournigan Mining Explorations Ltd. in 1978. Tournigan Mining carried out geological mapping on the Comet 2 claim in 1978. Kingdom Resources Ltd. (renamed KRL Resources Corp. in 1989) performed work in the area during 1980-84; no work was reported on the Comet claims. In 1991, Tournigan and KRL entered into an agreement whereby Tournigan would purchase certain interests, including the Comet 4 claim. In 1995, prospecting on the Comet property was carried out on behalf of International Tournagin Corporation. 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.
