The P.M.L. 1710 occurrence is located about 83 kilometres east of Dease Lake.

Jade boulders occur on the lower reaches of Bullion Creek. Much of Bullion Creek flows over Paleozoic metasediments of Ancestral North America, being divided from the Cache Creek Terrane to the south by the northwest trending Kutcho fault which occurs just south of the creek's outlet in Blick Creek. The lowest part of Bullion Creek (where the jade boulders are found) is underlain by a Devonian to Permian unit consisting of mafic to felsic volcanics, tuff, chert, phyllite, argillite, schist and limestone. This unit is thought to be part of the Quesnel Terrane but this assignment is uncertain (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2779).

The source of the jade boulders, however, is certainly the ultramafic rocks (serpentinites) of upper Mississippian to Permian age which occur as tectonic emplacements within the Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Complex.

In 1974, Placer Lease 1710 was located by H. Komish and the lease issued on January 8, 1975. On January 5, 1976, all interest was transferred to Cry Lake Jade Mines Ltd. The only previous work was done in 1976 when a few boulders were drilled and a helicopter pad was constructed. A number of nephrite jade boulders were drilled in 1976 and 1978 on Bullion Creek. Of these, four boulders were considered to consist of marketable jade. However, no indication of whether or not they were mined is recorded.