The Woolford Creek showing is located within the Adams Plateau, approximately 65 kilometres northeast of Kamloops and 20 kilometres north of Chase.

Regionally, the area is underlain by sedimentary, igneous and volcanic Paleozoic rocks of the Kootenay terrane, deposited on the distal margin of the ancestral North American craton.

Locally, the area is underlain by intermediate volcanics, generally chlorite schist, quartz-sericite phyllite, and granodiorite-to-diorite orthogneiss of the Eagle Bay Formation.

A narrow zone of heavy pyrite with malachite and chalcopyrite is related to crosscutting fractures in chlorite phyllite. A sample from this zone analysed 0.14 per cent copper (Assessment Report 20640). Trace galena has also been noted in a trench.

Exploration in the area began in the 1960s on the nearby Nik property (MINFILE 082LNW053, MINFILE 082LNW036). The area encompassing the Woolford Creek showing was first staked in 1984 by Utah Mines Ltd. after Rea Gold Corp. announced heavy metal sample anomalies in the same formation.

In 1984, BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. completed an exploration program of geological mapping; silt, soil and rock sampling and an airborne geophysical survey. Highlights of the sampling program include sample 84 FRT-13B, which assayed 0.55 per cent copper and 8.5 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 13400).

In 1985, BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. conducted geological mapping; rock, silt and soil sampling and VLF and magnetometer geophysical surveys. In 1986, BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. executed an IP geophysical survey on the property. In 1987, BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. completed three IP geophysical surveys. In 1989, Teck Corp. became the operator of the property and completed a program of geological mapping and rock sampling. In 1990, Teck Corp. conducted an exploration program of geological mapping, geophysical surveys and diamond drilling, as well as relogging of old diamond drillcore. Teck Corp. did not complete any further work and allowed the claims to lapse.

In 2011, Rogue Resources Inc. staked the claims encompassing the Woolford Creek showing. They later changed their name to Rogue Iron Ore Corp., who then executed an exploration program of geological mapping and prospecting. Highlights include rock sample AL11-05, which assayed 4 grams per tonne silver and 0.1 per cent copper (Assessment Report 33128).