The Aley Creek showing lies 5 kilometres northwest of the Aley developed prospect (Minfile 094B 027), 135 kilometres north-northwest of Mackenzie B.C.

The showing is located within the Western Foreland belt of the Rocky Mountains which is characterized by Early to Middle Paleozoic deep water carbonates and shales. Stratigraphic sequence from oldest to youngest is Kechika and Skoki Formations, and the Road River Group. Igneous units include the Aley carbonatite, the Ospika Pipe, and lamprophyre dykes.

At the Aley Carbonatite Niobium Project (5 kilometres southeast), niobium occurs in pyrochlore that formed as early-stage mineral precipitates in primary magma. Alteration of the dolomite carbonatite created the niobium bearing alteration minerals fersmite and columbite. The alteration is believed to have occurred mainly in situ, and there has not been transport or concentration of niobium by secondary processes.

A 2013 exploration program conducted by Apex Geoscience Ltd., for Chancellor Exploration, concentrated on two target areas utilizing rock sampling and stream sediment sampling. Of the 16 rock grab samples collected, 3 samples returned moderately anomalous values ranging from 80.3 to 339.0 ppm Nb. All The highest Nb values were from carbonate rich Kechika Group rocks. Of the 32 stream silt samples collected during 2013 a total of three samples returned moderately anomalous values ranging from 0.54 to 0.89 ppm) niobium (Assessment Report 34746).

Refer to ALEY (094B 027) for further information on area geology and deposit types.