The Barite No. 2 showing on Lot 5344 is about 1.1 kilometres east of the headwaters of the eastern fork of Rufus Creek and 2 kilometres north of the Stewart highway.

The area is underlain by east striking, north-dipping andesites of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation (Hazelton Group). Near the mountain top at 1600 metres elevation, a zone about 9 metres wide and 150 metres long contains a network of small gash veins of barite that strike in all directions and dip at all angles.

One vein, 0.36 metre wide, contains 5 centimetres of galena on each side. A grab(?) sample assayed 445.7 grams per tonne silver, 29 per cent lead and trace gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1925). Further down the hill, 0.3 metre wide barite veins are both shallow and steeply dipping.

In 1924, Barite Gold Mines Limited acquired the Barite, Barite 1 and Hub claims from H. Quickstad. Tunnelling was reported that year. No further work has been reported on the showing. In 1978, Tournigan Mining Explorations Ltd. did some reconnaissance work in the area.