The Omega occurrence is located on a north-facing slope of Vulcan Creek valley about 20 kilometres northeast of the community of Atlin.
The showing occurs in granodiorite of the Middle Jurassic Fourth of July Creek batholith (Three Sisters Plutonic Suite). It is located in the southeast corner of the batholith near the Mount Leonard Boss; a small stock which is part of, but separated from, the Late Cretaceous Surprise Lake batholith (Surprise Lake Plutonic Suite). Quartz feldspar porphyry dikes, up to 1 metre wide, intrude the country rock.
Alteration consists of silicification, chloritization and epidotization. Arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, galena and some sphalerite are found in quartz veins and siliceous zones up to 9 metres wide.
In 2007, trenches in the Vulcan zone exposed several intervals of silver-lead-zinc mineralization in bedrock. The best chip sampled interval of 1.0 metre length yielded 22.9 grams per tonne silver, 0.50 per cent lead and 0.48 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 30390). The mineralization consists of disseminated pyrite, and minor galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite, and is associated with the zones of strong fracturing, local shearing, and faulting in the host medium-grained monzodiorite to monzonite. Most of the mineralized intervals display distinct chlorite alteration and silicification. A sheared, silicified mafic dike yielded 39.9 grams per tonne silver, 0.56 per cent lead and over 1 per cent zinc over a 0.1 metre width. The dike dips steeply (75 degrees) towards east-southeast, similar to the dominant fracture system in the host monzodiorite. A highly elevated level of copper (0.15 per cent) over 0.95 metres occurs in the other part of the trench V-TR1 (Assessment Report 30390).
In 1969, a geochemical soil survey was carried out on behalf of Interprovincial Silver Mines Limited. Samples were collected over 16.6 line kilometres on two separate grids.
In late 2006, Saturn Minerals Inc. optioned the Wheelbarrow property and became the operator. During the early summer of 2007, Saturn Minerals conducted prospecting and rock sampling programs accompanied by lithological and structural observations. A total of 420 samples (including 98 chip samples taken from hand-trenched mineralized zones) were collected and analyzed. The rock sampling program was designed to test the character and grade of mineralization in several known showings and sites, as well as to prospect for extensions of the known zones and for completely new zones. The purpose of this extensive sampling program was also to select targets for subsequent mechanical trenching and, eventually, diamond drilling programs, both of which took place later on during the same field season. During mid- to late- summer 2007, Saturn conducted complementary soil, trenching and drilling programs. The soil sampling resulted in 74 soil samples taken in four distinct areas of the property. Excavator trenching resulted in 16 trenches and test pits totalling 315 metres in length. Approximately 150 rock samples from the trenches were sent for analysis. Nine diamond-drill holes were drilled to test the southern Big Canyon mineralized structure (104N 144). The total length of the drillholes was 607.68 metres; 255 core samples were sent for analysis.
Global Drilling Solutions Inc. acquired the majority of the claims comprising the current Ruby Creek Project in the spring of 2016 from Adanac Moly Corporation. For the 2016 field season Global chose to target gold vein deposits structurally controlled by faulting within existing placer creeks with the main focus on Boulder Creek. In 2017, Global conducted geochemical sampling, drilling and ground geophysics on the Ruby Creek property. In 2018, Global carried out further geochemical sampling and drilling on this property. It’s mentioned that the Ruby Creek property remains of high interest for not only gold/molybdenum but also for silver and copper based on the exploration work during 2017/2018 (Assessment Report 38256). Rock sample 1478025 returned 0.01 per cent copper, 0.79 per cent lead, 1.05 per cent zinc and 21 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 38256).
In 2020, Stuhini Exploration conducted mapping, prospection, ground geophysics and geochemical sampling on the Ruby Creek property. Several rock samples were collected in the vicinity of the Omega occurrence; sample 1996295 returned 488 grams per tonne silver and 2 per cent copper (Assessment Report 39374). In 2021, an airborne SkyTEM survey was conducted by Stuhini on the Ruby Creek property, which revealed a number of regional trends across the property.
