The Pool 4 occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1420 metres on a northeast-facing slope, southwest of Pooley Creek and approximately 3.7 kilometres southeast of Needlepoint Mountain.

Regionally, the area is underlain by basaltic volcanic rocks of the Mississippian Slide Mountain Complex.

Locally, a quartz vein hosts pyrite with gold values.

In 2009, a sub-crop sample (H126469) assayed 2.76 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 31396).

Work History

In 1996, Cartaway Resources Corp. completed a 3678.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey on the area as the Hot Tip property.

During 2008 through 2010, Hawthorne Gold Corp., later China Minerals Mining Corp., completed regional programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and 11,657 line-kilometres of airborne magnetic, radiometric and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Cassiar Gold property.

In 2013, China Minerals Mining Corp. completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area.

In 2019, Margaux Resources completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling on the area as the Cassiar Gold property. In 2020, Cassiar Gold Corp. completed a program of regional photogeological interpretation, prospecting and rock sampling on the Cassiar Gold property.