In the McEvoy Creek occurrence area, at least two coal seams occur in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Mist Mountain Formation (Kootenay Group) (less than 200 metres thick) interbedded with sandstone, siltstone, mudstone and shale. The lowest seam, which occurs above the basal sandstone, ranges from 2 to 8 metres in thickness. Approximately 38 metres up section in one area (section 79-2) a coaly interval over 4 metres thick occurs. In another section (79-1) a thick seam occurs approximately 81 metres above the basal sandstone. The seam (about 9 metres thick) contains a major shale parting in addition to several 15 centimetre shale splits in the lower seam and is thought to be equivalent to the #3 seam at Lodgepole Creek (082GSE028).

Rank is expected to be medium to high volatile bituminous. The property can be divided into a north area and a south area for reserve assessment purposes. Both areas would only be suitable for underground mining and optimistic reserve estimates are 1 million tonnes of clean coal in the north and 10 to 12 million tonnes in the south (available by underground methods).

The structure of the property consists of a northwest trending anticline/syncline pair in the north and east, with the Flathead fault (northwest trending, west dipping) cutting through the centre of the property. An additional northwest trending fault appears to be present in the centre of the property.

The McEvoy Creek coal deposit is within the Flathead Mineral and Coal Reserve was established in 2010; no tenure acquisition, exploration or mining activity are permitted.