Cracker Creek is about 10 kilometres long and flows east-northeast with a steep descent for the final 3 kilometres into the north end of Surprise Lake. The main workings are just above the lower "canyon" and are about 32 kilometres northeast of the community of Atlin.

The creek is located entirely within the Late Cretaceous Surprise Lake batholith (Surprise Lake Plutonic Suite) which covers approximately 1100 square kilometres northeast of Atlin. The batholith is comprised primarily of alaskite which is a leucocratic granite with abundant orthoclase and microcline, subordinate quartz, and may or may not contain mafic minerals or plagioclase. This body has intruded into Upper Paleozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Cache Creek Complex. There are numerous mineral showings in the area immediately west of the creek.

Placer work on Cracker Creek began in 1909 with cursory prospecting until 1916. Underground development in search of old channels took place in 1917, 1932, and in 1933 when a pay streak was hit in overlying bedrock.

Bulletin 28 quotes production as:

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1941-1945         342.2 grams of gold
1916-1920         466.5 grams of gold
TOTAL               808.7 grams of gold
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In 1996, seismic refraction surveying was carried out over the upper part of Cracker Creek on behalf of Sisters Resources Ltd. A total of three lines were done with one spread per line resulting in a total length of 718 metres.

In 2017, Global Drilling Solutions on behalf of Zinex Mining Corporation conducted extensive geochemical sampling on the Ruby Creek property, as well as drilling and ground geophysics. Results from rock samples in proximity to the occurrence (less than 1 kilometre) were not significant (Assessment Report 37171). In 2018, Global carried out further geochemical sampling on the property.

In 2021, an airborne SkyTEM survey was conducted BY Stuhini Exploration on the Ruby Creek property, which revealed a number of regional trends across the property.