The Fred West showing is located to the west of the Fred showing (082LSE014) on Barnes Creek, about 10 kilometres northwest of Needles ferry on Upper Arrow Lake.

The Fred claims were staked in 1970. In 1971, soil sampling and geological mapping were conducted by Versatile Mining Services for United Bata Resources.

The area is underlain by metasediments of unknown affinity intruded by granitic rocks of the Cretaceous Whatshan batholith. The metasediments comprise quartz mica schist, chloritic schist, phyllite, amphibolite and limestone. Granitic rocks comprise granodiorite to quartz diorite and are generally porphyritic.

The showing is indicated as #356 on Geological Survey of Canada Open File Map 637. The showing is a concordant, sedimentary zinc occurrence hosted in metasediments which dip 45 degrees south and strike northwesterly.

No other information is available, but this showing is believed to be similar to the Fred occurrence.