The geology of the region consists of (?)Hadrynian to Paleozoic Snowshoe Group rocks. The Snowshoe Group is an assemblage of dominantly metasedimentary rocks within the Barkerville Terrane. These metasedimentary rocks comprise mainly marble, quartzite and phyllite which, in this area, are mainly undifferentiated. A small area, located near the top of Mount Burdett, is underlain by rocks of the Harveys Ridge succession. Metamorphism of the region varies from chlorite to sillimanite facies and higher, but most of the mineralization in the region is confined to those areas metamorphosed no higher than greenschist grade.

The Mount Burdett showing occurs on Mount Burdett, located about 10 kilometres south of Barkerville. The showing consists of quartz veins that range up to 400 metres long and 30 metres wide. The veins carry minor amounts of pyrite with associated anomalous gold values.