The Clare occurrence is located on the south arm of Foulger Creek, also known as Clare Creek, approximately 1.8 kilometres southwest of the creek mouth on the west side of Howe Sound.

The area is underlain by quartz diorite of the Cenozoic-Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex with gabbro and related ultramafic phases also present.

Locally, two areas of mineralization, A and B, have been identified. The B zone is located along Clare Creek, while the A zone is located approximately 150 metres up slope to the south. Mineralization consists of predominantly pyrite, with occasional pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite occurring sporadically as patches of disseminations or blebs within the gabbro.

In 1981, four samples (608, 0985, 0998 and 0999) from the A zone assayed from 0.14 to 0.47 per cent copper, 0.03 to 0.45 per cent nickel, trace to 0.04 per cent cobalt and trace to 1.6 grams per tonne silver. Two samples from the B zone assayed up to 3.2 grams per tonne silver, 0.27 per cent copper, 0.04 per cent nickel and 0.02 per cent cobalt (Assessment Report 10189).

In 1986, a grab sample (FON 1) assayed 0.49 per cent copper and 0.051 per cent nickel (Assessment Report 15333).

In 1981, Raft Mines completed a program of rock sampling, trenching and an air photo fracture density analysis on the area as the Clare claim. In 1984, Black Queen Resources completed a 55.2 line-kilometre airborne geophysical survey on the area as the Doyle 1-2 claims. In 1986, Fontana Resources completed a program of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping and a ground magnetometer survey on the area.