The BIRD DROP occurrence is located near a small creek, approximately 600 metres northwest of the northern end of Finger Lake, 7.2 kilometres west-north west of the community of Horsefly.
The area is underlain by basalts and volcaniclastics of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group.
Locally, a ‘crowded’ amygdaloidal basalt with the amygdules infilled with analcite hosts disseminated fine-grained bornite with abundant malachite along fracture surfaces. Sampling of the mineralized material contains up to 1.141 per cent copper and 1.3 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 27121).
Further to the south in the FR-1 area, mineralized tuffaceous rock contains up to 1.568 per cent copper and 4.7 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 27121).
During mid-1999, Herb Wahl and Jack Brown-John staked the Dot Com claims and later the Rim claims. Subsequent work carried out by the two included prospecting, a wide spaced enzyme leach soil survey and conventional soil sampling followed by test pitting and trenching. Results of their work discovered extensive areas containing highly anomalous copper and silver values in both bedrock and float samples. In late 2002, Phelps Dodge signed a joint venture agreement on the property with the owners.
During the latter part of 2002 and early 2003, core drilling concentrated on further development of the Bird Drop showing and Boulder showing areas. Seven core holes were drilled for a total of 1009.7 metres, with four holes being directed at the Bird Drop showing. Results indicated that the showing did not contain copper grades over significant widths indicative of ore grade material. The claims were subsequently allowed to lapse.
During 2008 through 2015, programs of test pitting, trenching and geochemical sampling were completed on the area as part of the Rimfire project. These programs identified a copper-lead-zinc-silver soil anomaly greater than 1 kilometre long and up to 300 metres wide within the northern section of the Central Shear zone.
In 2023 and 2025, Eagle Plains Resources ran programs of till sampling over their Woodjam property, including the Bird Drop showing.
