The Indata No.5 occurrence is situated 2 kilometres north of the outlet of Indata Lake, approximately 50 kilometres southeast of Takla Landing. The area was explored for its mercury potential during the Second World War.

The area is underlain by sediments assigned to the Carbonaceous to Jurassic Cache Creek Complex in contact with andesitic flows, tuff and breccia of the Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic Takla Group along a north-northwesterly trending portion of the Pinchi fault zone.

In the area of the occurrence, Cache Creek limestone, ribbon chert and argillite are in contact along various splays of the main fault zone. Approximately 1 kilometre east of the lake, "specks" of cinnabar were reportedly observed in chert and argillite which had been carbonatized and brecciated along a north-northwest striking fault. Stripping, trenching and diamond drilling failed to outline significant quantities of mineralization.

Efforts to reassess the occurrence in 1984 met with disappointing results (Assessment Report 12433, page 3).