At the Jessie showing, several quartz veins in the order of 5 centimetres thickness are hosted by argillaceous sediments of the Helikian Lower Aldridge Formation (Purcell Supergroup). The veining was intersected in an upper adit although a second tunnel about 60 metres lower failed to identify the veins. The quartz veins carry minor chalcopyrite and galena (and probably some sphalerite) typical of the many showings in the area. Documentation indicates tunnels were driven into the steep hillside along the immediate stream channel at about 915 metres elevation.

WORK HISTORY

In 1971, soil grid survey was conducted for Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. on their Sand Creek prospect (Area B), southwest of Sand Creek Iron prospect (Assessment Report 3439). The survey located one major area of interest with coincident values in copper, lead, zinc and silver. The soil grid was completed over or near the Mountain (082GSW047), Jessie (082GSW014), Peacock Copper (082GSW017), and Don (082GSW048) areas.

In 1982 an airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey was carried out over large parts of the Bull River property on behalf of owner/operator R.H. Stanfield. Eight target areas were identified (Assessment Report 10570). The Dogwood 11 claim that contains the occurrence was part of the surveyed area.

In 1992 a helicopter borne DIGHEM survey over the Balsam, Cedar and Dogwood claims of R.H. Stanfield (Bul River Mineral Corporation Ltd.) was completed but appears to be just to the southwest of the Ross 2 occurrence (Assessment Report 23012). In 2017, an NI43-101 technical report for Purcell Basin Minerals Inc. processed and published DIGHEM airborne survey data from 1991-1997 surveys (Assessment Report 37195).

Refer to Bull River (082GNW002) for details of the greater Bull River property which contained 25 MINFILE documented mineral occurrences as of October 2022. Refer also to Peacock Copper (082GSW017) for related information.