A showing of white muscovite has been exposed on the west side of Highway 5, approximately 9 kilometers south of Valemount. An open cut at the showing exposed quality white muscovite. It is not known whether this showing occurs in pelitic schist or pegmatite. A tunnel of unknown length was started at the west end of the pit.

Mutiphase deformation has affected stratigraphy of the lower Kaza Group and underlying Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group strata, resulting in large antiform-synform pairs trending northwest. At least three phases of deformation have been recognized. The later two phases have produced coaxial, generally northwest-plunging fold axes, superimposed on the limbs of large-scale, phase one structures (Geological Survey of Canada Paper 89-1E). The trend and plunge of a major fold axis 1 kilometre south of the Canoe South Mica occurrence are 135 and 04 degrees respectively.

Metamorphic grade is dominantly within the kyanite stability field of amphibolite grade, with local development of migmatite which increases from east to west. Pressures and temperatures of metamorphism range from 620 to 780 megapascals and 565 to 682 degrees celsius respectively (Geological Survey of Canada Paper 89-1E). The age of the main metamorphic event in this area is Early Cretaceous (135+/-4 Ma) (Geological Survey of Canada Paper 90-1E).

The showing occurs in Hadrynian lower Kaza Group pelitic schist (locally kyanite, staurolite, garnet, muscovite and biotite bearing) of the lower Kaza Group. Other lithologies of the lower Kaza Group in the vicinity include subfeldspathic psammite and grit, ortho- amphibolite, marble, calc-silicate, quartzite, diamictite and conglomerate (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2324). Pegmatite bodies, ranging in thickness from 3 centimetres to 3 metres, are present throughout the area. They consist of coarse grained plagioclase, quartz and muscovite with minor garnet. Some bodies are transposed and deformed with host lithologies, whereas others crosscut foliation and folds of host lithologies, therefore representing different generations (Geological Survey of Canada Paper 89-1E).

Approximately 4 tonnes were mined with 4000 lbs (1815 kilograms) being packed out (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1915).

Mica schist from the Albreda vicinity was ground by L.T. Farley and Co. and by G.W. Richmond of Vancouver for use by roofing manufacturers in Vancouver and Victoria (Ministry of Mines Annual Report 1947). Between 1944 and 1954, 3,941 tonnes were mined, yielding 3,989,756 kilograms of mica. In 1960, N.E. Reid produced a minor amount from the area.