The showing is underlain by sericite-chlorite schist, seri- cite-quartz-albite schist, biotite-chlorite schist and minor amounts of sericitic quartzite. The rocks strike 170 degrees and dip 25 degrees east.

Sphalerite and pyrite, in a manganese-dioxide-stained siliceous metasediments, occur in one metre bands over an exposed strike length of 10 metres.

Analysis of a grab sample gave 2.23 per cent zinc, 0.15 per cent lead, and 0.01 per cent cadmium (Fieldwork 1981, page 57).