The Burns showing is predominantly underlain by a series of uniform, contorted, dark grey to black, fine grained graphitic limestones, calcareous graphitic phyllites and thin marble bands of the Hadrynian and/or Paleozoic Silver Creek Formation (Mount Ida Group). The rocks are tightly folded and dips vary from near horizontal to vertical. Numerous concordant bodies of fine grained granitic rock intrude this sequence. These granitic rocks may be related to a nearby, larger Cretaceous? intrusion to the northeast.

Irregular, discontinuous quartz veins, veinlets, lenses and blebs permeate most of the exposed granite. The veins generally strike southerly in the south part of the property, and more westerly in the north part of the property.

Numerous occurrences of molybdenite have been noted throughout the property. In most cases, the molybdenite occurs as fine to medium grained, discrete flakes along the margins of the quartz veins. Disseminated pyrite is common in the granite near mineralized quartz veins.