The Star Of The West showing is located 5 kilometres east of Sproat Narrows in Alberni Inlet.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group) volcanics which are intruded by biotite-grano- diorite (Corrigan Creek Pluton) of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The volcanics consist of greenstones, andesites and basalts. Quartz-carbonate veins, carrying minor pyrite and chalcopyrite, cut both rock types (volcanics and intrusives) but are more common in the andesites.

An old adit on the Star of the West Crown Grant follows a calcite vein, from 15 to 25 centimetres wide, along a 70 degree trending, 80 degree south dipping fault zone in granodiorite. Very minor gold and copper values were obtained from samples (Assessment Report 6676).

A 0.9 tonne shipment of ore, in 1895, contained about 17 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report, 1895). It is likely some of the ore came from other showings in the area (See Cor 14, 092F 389 and Cor 6, 092F 399).