The B & V occurrence is located on a small, west flowing, tributary of Kiakho Creek, at an elevation of approximately 1250 metres.
The area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Aldridge Formation of the Middle Proterozoic Purcell Supergroup (Belt). Locally, the showing area is underlain by a tuff (St. Joe tuff) in gently dipping, thick-bedded turbidite layers in the upper part of the Middle Aldridge Formation. It is conformably overlain by a laminated silty argillite marker unit. East- northeast– trending normal faults occur in the area. The Cranbrook fault is less than 1 kilometre to the north.
The local stratigraphy is composed of quartzose greywackes and turbidites alternating with thinner beds of laminated argillite or siltstone. Turbidites are up to 1.2 metres thick, average 0.6 metre and are a light grey color. Interbedded argillites are 10 to 15 centimetres thick, dark grey-brown and frequently have up to 3 per cent pyrrhotite on bedding planes. The general strike is 310 to 355 degrees with gentle east dips (5 to 25 degrees). Slump conglomerate is exposed near the original St. Joseph trench and adit (082GSW064).
The showing is associated with quartz vein(s) striking east, crosscutting stratigraphy, and containing galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite. Disseminated galena and pyrite also occurs in a diorite sill, where it is associated with zones of quartz veining. The largest vein observed is approximately 0.20 metre wide and 15 metre long. A selected specimen of the mineralization assayed 5.5 per cent lead, 0.29 per cent zinc, and 92 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 6444).
In 1927, the B. & V. group of claims were held by A. Van Arsdalen and B. Frisinia. Workings in 1927 consisted of a 9-metre shaft and a 25-metre adit (Annual Report 1930, page 243).
In 1954, Northwestern Explorations completed a program of geological mapping on the area as the St. Joseph group (Assessment Report 104). In 1966, Rimrock Minerals completed a 55.7 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey in the area (Assessment Report 895). In 1966 and 1967, Placid Oil completed a program of geological mapping, a 160.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey, a 113.6 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey, and a 20.8 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic survey in the area (Assessment Reports 863, 1043, 1174, 1207). In 1997 and 1978, Cominco completed a program of geochemical sampling and geological mapping (Assessment Report 6444, 7087). In 1982, Cominco completed a program of soil sampling, trenching, geological mapping, and a ground electromagnetic survey (Assessment Reports 10717, 10845). In 1983, a lone drillhole, totalling 89.3 metres, was completed (Assessment Report 11570). In 1993, Consolidated Ramrod Gold completed four diamond drill holes, totalling 636.0 metres, in the area (Assessment Report 23135).
In 2013/2014, PJX Resources Inc began a large program of gravity and magnetic geophysical surveying to detect dense subsurface features (Assessment Reports 34082, 34937, 35416). The gravity survey extended 10 kilometres beyond the West Basin property claim boundaries encompassing several MINFILE occurrences including the B & V showings (Figure 8, Assessment Report 34082).
See nearby St. Joe showing (082GSW064).
