The north-northwest trending Hozameen fault separates the Permian-Jurassic Hozameen Complex cherts, greenstones, argillites and limestone in the west, from the Lower-Middle Jurassic Ladner Group sediments to the east. A Late Cretaceous quartz diorite stock intrudes the Ladner Group along the east side of the Hozameen fault. The quartz diorite intrusion was dated by the Geological Survey of Canada at 84 million years using potassium-argon dating methods.

A deep gorge traverses the Silver Queen claim from east to west. The outcrops, where the gorge cuts through, exposes a 0.6 metre wide zone which hosts nodules and narrow stringers of galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite in quartz gangue. The hostrock is sheared quartz diorite.

On the north side of the gorge, a 9-metre adit was driven along a mineralized quartz vein which strikes 010 degrees and dips about 45 degrees west. Solid galena varies from 5.1 to 25.4 centimetres in width within the vein. In 1915, a sample taken across 7.6 centimetres of galena mineralization assayed 1.37 grams per tonne gold, 6788 grams per tonne silver, 0.8 per cent copper, 15 per cent lead and 14.9 per cent zinc. A sample taken across 0.6 metre assayed trace gold, 41.1 grams per tonne silver and nil copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1915, page 265).

On the south side of the gorge, another quartz vein striking 210 degrees and dipping 75 degrees northwest hosts pyrite and pyrrhotite with extensive limonite staining. North and south from this gorge, narrow fissures occur throughout the quartz diorite and host pyrite, pyrrhotite, minor chalcopyrite and marcasite.