The Belvedere occurrence is located on a south east facing slope in the head waters of Dry Creek, a tributary of the Bedwell River.

The area is underlain by volcanics of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group) which are intruded by granitic rock of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. In the Bedwell River area the Karmutsen rocks consist of fine-grained andesites and black or dark green basalts. The plutonic rocks vary in composition from gabbro to quartz monzonite but are mainly granodiorite and quartz diorite. The volcanic-intrusive contact occurs in the vicinity of the prospect.

A quartz vein, 3.7 metres in width, was traced for a distance of 180 metres and is reported to carry chalcopyrite and free gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1899). The host rock was not reported.

A test lot totalling 0.044 tonnes of ore was shipped from the Belvedere Group in the locality of Tofino and is assumed to have come from this deposit. This ore sample contained 26.74 grams per tonne gold, 100.84 grams per tonne silver, 0.2 per cent copper and nil lead and zinc (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1941, page 41).

During 1972 through 1982, W. Guppy and Golden Hinde Mines completed programs of prospecting, rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and four packsack drill holes, totalling 20 metres, on the area by as the Cub and Nub claims.