Prior to this, the mountain was given the name Mount Lion which appeared on 2T268, a plan drawn in 1923 by W. Merston who was a member of the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors (BCLS).

[4] The topographical work extended over the Itcha Range, which lies 25 km (16 mi) north-northwest of Satah Mountain.

A small breached scoria ring on the northern flank of Satah Mountain appears largely unmodified by glacial erosion, implying that it might be younger than the main edifice.

Polygenetic in nature, the volcano was sporadically active 1.83–1.77 million years ago during the Early Pleistocene.

The only other polygenetic volcano in the SMVF is Mount Punkutlaenkut, a volcanic cone 7 km (4.3 mi) west-northwest of Satah Mountain.