The Sarah 2nd (Imperial) occurrence is located in the northern headwaters of Ginol Creek, approximately 2 kilometres northwest of its mouth on Kootenay Lake. The occurrence lies 200 metres higher than the Valparaiso (MINFILE 082FSE038) occurrence, which it adjoins on the west.

The area is underlain by a lobe of the middle Cretaceous Bayonne Batholith, near its the contact with sedimentary rocks of the middle Proterozoic Dutch Creek Formation (Purcell Supergroup), the upper Proterozoic Toby Formation (Windermere Supergroup) and the upper Proterozoic Horsethief Creek Group to the north and west. The batholith consists of biotite granite and granodiorite, cut near the vein by a dull-green biotite lamprophyre dike.

The main quartz vein, which has been traced for 120 metres in pits and opencuts, contains a little sparsely disseminated pyrite and galena and occasional copper carbonate stains. The quartz is rusty and honeycombed in places; at one point, a little wolframite is associated with pyrite and galena.

In 1926, a 0.75-metre chip sample from the hangingwall of a quartz vein exposed in the upper tunnel assayed 1.0 gram per tonne gold and 92.3 grams per tonne silver (Property File - Northern Pacific Mines Ltd. [1964-05-20]: Report - Destiny Bay Properties).

In 1989, sampling over 15 centimetres of vein material yielded up to 0.12 per cent copper, greater than 1 per cent lead, 0.46 per cent zinc, 41 grams per tonne silver and 0.5 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 17527).

The area has been explored since the late 1890s in conjunction with the nearby Valparaiso (MINFILE 082FSE038) past-producing mine. In 1906, a trial shipment of 9 tonnes contained 20.5 grams per tonne gold and 754 grams per tonne silver. In 1919, Imperial Mines drove a 39-metre crosscut to the Imperial vein. During the early 1980s, the area was explored by Custom Mining Inc. Programs included geological mapping, geochemical sampling and diamond drilling. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dobrana Resources completed programs of geochemical sampling and ground geophysical surveys. In 1989, Little Bear Resources Ltd. examined and sampled the area.