The Hornway Creek occurrence is located adjacent to a tributary of Hornway Creek, 4 kilometres east of Horn Peak and 85 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The showing area is underlain by diorite, monzonite, and granodiorite of the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Hogem Plutonic Suite. This copper occurrence is noted on Geological Survey of Canada Map 1030A and is referred to as a chalcopyrite-bearing outcrop; mineralization style is inferred to be disseminated.