The Fred showing is located on the north side of the Barnes Creek road, approximately 10 kilometres northwest of Needles ferry on Upper Arrow Lake.

The area is underlain by metasedimentary rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group and(?) Nicola Group . These have been intruded by granitic rocks of the Cretaceous Whatshan Batholith. The metasediments comprise micaceous quartzite, quartz-feldspar-biotite schist, minor amphibolite and quartz-feldspar-biotite-hornblende gneiss intruded locally by pegmatitic quartzofeldspathic sills. Granitic rocks comprise granodiorite to quartz diorite and are generally porphyritic.

Locally, sphalerite occurs in outcrops along the Barnes Creek road in heavily limonite-stained metasediments containing significant amounts of pyrrhotite. The sphalerite occurs as discrete grains and as small stringers which parallel schistosity. Hydrozincite coatings have been noted on the exterior of sphalerite-bearing rocks. The schistosity in the metasediments trends east and dips steeply north and south.

In 1971, a grab sample assayed 0.68 per cent zinc, 1.7 grams per tonne silver and 0.17 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 3074). Geochemistry indicates a series of lens-like anomalous zones which parallel the general trend of the schistosity in bedrock. In 1994, a rock sample (131964) assayed 0.112 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 23498).

The Fred claims were staked in 1970. In 1971, soil sampling and geological mapping was conducted by Versatile Mining Services for United Bata Resources. In 1994, the area was prospected and sampled as the Barnes 1-6 claims.