The Keel 1 East occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1620 metres on the south side of an east-west–trending ridge, north of the east end of Beale Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by argillaceous sediments, chert, limestone, sericitic tuff and mafic volcanics recently assigned to a Precambrian to Devonian tectonite assemblage (Rapid River tectonite) with Kootenay terrane affinity. A small diorite stock intrudes the strata to the west, while granite and alkaline feldspar granitic rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Cassiar Batholith are exposed several kilometres to the southwest.

Locally, a quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite vein is hosted by greenstone in an area of phyllite, chert and quartz arenite bedrock.

In 1983, an outcrop sample (83CF415) assayed 11.60 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Reports 12181 and 26518).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Keel (MINFILE 104I 098) occurrence and a complete exploration history can be found there.