The Rod occurrence is located between Mackenzie Cove and Boomchain Bay on the north slope of an un-named mountain, at an elevation of approximately 555 metres.

The area is underlain by basalts, metabasalts and minor limestone of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group), which have been intruded by quartz dioritic rocks of the Early Pennsylvanian Chaatl Inlet pluton.

Locally, a 3- to 75-centimetre thick horizon of massive chalcopyrite, pyrite and minor bornite is hosted in epidote and clay-altered basalts and/or andesites over a distance of approximately 18 metres. Malachite and possible siderite are also reported. The zone strikes south 85 degrees west and dips 50 degrees north.

In 1963, the average of four samples yielded 4.6 per cent copper and 17.1 grams per tonne silver over a width of approximately 30 centimetres with up to 8.1 per cent copper, 0.5 per cent lead (Property File - Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Co. Ltd. [1963-10-09]: Preliminary Report - Hood, Rod, Bill and Young Showings).

In 1992, samples from the zone were reported to assay greater than 10 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22952, Figure 3).

The Waddington Mining Corporation Limited held nine claims in this vicinity in 1953. In 1963, Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining examined and sampled the area. Placid Oil Company held the property as the Young and Rod groups in 1965. A geophysical survey was carried out at the time. The area was prospected and sampled by Doromin Resources in 1990. Inco Exploration and Technical Services flew airborne VLF and magnetometer surveys over the region in 1992.