The Bedingfield 18 occurrences are located east of Whitepine Cove, approximately 3.7 kilometres north of the Cypre River mouth.

The area is mapped as part of the Middle To Upper Paleozoic Sicker Group (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 463). The Sicker Group, however, is undergoing redefinition in the Cowichan and Buttle Lake uplifts, with a new Upper Paleozoic Buttle Lake Group being created from what were mainly sediments from the upper part of the Sicker Group. See the H-W occurrence (092F 330) for a summary of Paleozoic strata revisions.

In the area of interest the underlying rocks are reported to consist of: A.) A rhyolitic volcanic waterlain tuff and wacke sequence, frequently pyritic and graphitic and having a 135 degree strike with 65 degree west dip. B.) A middle rhyolite pyroclastic sequence characterized by waterlain tuffs, lapilli ash flows, rhyolite flows, dykes and breccia. C.) An upper rhyolite lapilli breccia unit. These are overlain by limestone of the Upper Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian Buttle Lake Group (correlative with the Azure Lake Formation in the Buttle Lake Uplift), which in turn are overlain by basalts of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group (Assessment Report 15152).

Three showings, as recorded on Plate 3 of Assessment Report 14500, consist of:

1.) Chalcopyrite in Karmutsen basalt;

2.) Pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in argillite, chert or mafic sills (located 900 metres northwest of showing 1.

3.) Sphalerite and chalcopyrite in Buttle Lake limestone (located 1200 metres southeast of showing 1).

In 1986 and 1987, Cominco completed programs of geological mapping, rock sampling and ground electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Bedingfield claims. In 1989 and 1990, Falconbridge completed programs of geological mapping, rock sampling and airborne and ground geophysical surveys on the area. In 2010 and 2011, Catface Copper Mines completed programs of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the Catface NE property.