A narrow belt of northwest striking Permian(?) or older meta- sediments is surrounded by younger quartz diorite, granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Coast Plutonic Complex. The metasediments consist of laminated micaceous quartzite and crystalline limestone, epidote-chlorite skarn, schist and slate.

Mineralized skarn occurs near shore at the contact of quartz diorite and limestone/marble. Mineralization consists of dissemina- tions, blebs and fracture fillings of molybdenite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and minor bornite with some chalcocite. Chalcopyrite and molybdenite also occur within quartz veins up to 0.6 metres wide within the quartz diorite. Skarn minerals include epidote, garnet and chlorite. Pyrite is ubiquitous throughout the contact area.

A 5.2 metre wide sample of the skarn zone assayed 0.55 per cent copper and 0.25 per cent MoS2 (Assessment Report 3465). A small skarn zone, 450 metres south of the shore skarn, assayed 0.19 per cent copper, 0.10 per cent MoS2, and 3.4 grams per tonne silver over 6.4 metres (Assessment Report 3465).