The claims are underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group vol- canics comprised of relatively unaltered, massive, purple, red and grey andesite, andesitic flows, and intercalated tuff. The showing is a complex, massive sulphide-sulphosalt shear zone with variable amounts of quartz and carbonate gangue. On the surface the shear strikes south to southeast and dips 60 to 80 degrees southwest, however, drill results indicate the dip is much shallower at depth. The shear is traceable for 215 metres between 1364 to 1372 metres elevation. The andesitic wall rocks have been hydrothermally altered and bleached and in places are silicified and impregnated with minor pyrite. The quartz-sulphide veins, generally less than 15 centi- metres wide, occur along the shear zone and host mainly galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and tetrahedrite.

A massive sulphide vein, ranging from 15 to 30 centimetres wide, was exposed in a trench from the 1938 workings. A sample assayed 7.2 grams per tonne gold, 5235.7 grams per tonne silver, 43.9 per cent lead, 9.71 per cent zinc, and 0.7 per cent copper. A 23 centi- metre wide massive sulphide vein, exposed 92 metres north of the old workings, assayed 3.8 grams per tonne gold, 2890 grams per tonne silver, 46.3 per cent lead, 8.22 per cent zinc, and 1.35 per cent copper. The area between these two trenches consists primarily of barren quartz that possibly post-dates the sulphide minerali- zation (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1937, page C19).

Mining in 1981 to 1982 included a total of 39 tonnes mined and produced 312 grams gold, 197,039 grams silver, 280 kilograms copper, 10.077 kilograms lead, and 5308 kilograms zinc.