The Joe occurrence is located on the north side of Witches Brook, approximately 9.5 kilometres southwest of Logan Lake.

The area is covered by thick overburden and underlain by rocks of the Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek Batholith. Guichon variety quartz diorite and granodiorite occupy central and eastern portions of the property, while younger Chataway variety granodiorite outcrops to the west. These rocks are generally fresh in appearance, light creamy grey mottled by pink and fine- to medium-grained with euhedral to subhedral hornblende and biotite. A pink quartz-feldspar porphyry dike intrudes the Chataway rocks.

Chlorite alteration is commonly developed along fractures and sericite alteration is common in or near fault zones. Epidote alteration is generally weak and occurs as a replacement of mafic minerals.

Locally, low-grade copper sulphide mineralization is exposed by early trenching and diamond drilling.

In 1956 and 1957, Cardiff Mining completed programs of soil sampling and ground magnetic surveys on the area as the Alpha and Scotty claims. In 1969, Highland Valley Mines completed a 35.0 line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Joe and Bet claims. In 1970, two diamond drill holes, totalling 190.2 metres, were drilled.