The Ski showing is primarily underlain by fine to medium grained monzonite of the Cherry Creek unit of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Iron Mask batholith. A body of breccia composed of angular fragments of monzonite in a grey-green dioritic matrix contains minor disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite. Local erratic showings of malachite are also evident.

In 1968-69, Royal Canadian Ventures Ltd. conducted exploration which comprised 11 kilometres of induced polarization survey, 22 kilometres of magnetometer and EM-16 surveys, and geological mapping and soil sampling. In 1972, Spectroair Explorations Ltd. conducted about 15 kilometres of induced polarization survey. In 1974, Alaskex Mining Corporation performed 15 kilometres of induced polarization survey. In 1975, Afton Mines Ltd. completed a 4.8 kilometre induced polarization survey and one rotary drill hole totalling 218 metres. In 1976, approximately 8 kilometres of induced polarization and magnetometer survey was carried out over a portion of the Ski property by Wavecom Developments Ltd. In 1989, as part of a larger exploration programme on the Maxine (092INE032) and Frederick (092INE031) properties, Teck Corporation and Eureka Resources Inc. performed soil sampling and 4.5 kilometres of magnetometer survey over the Ski property.