The area is dominated by granitic rocks of the Middle to Late Jurassic Nelson Intrusions.

At the Howard Fraction occurrence, a quartz vein striking east-west and dipping 10 to 30 degrees north is hosted in coarse-grained potassium feldspar porphyritic granite of the Nelson Intrusions. The granite is crosscut by numerous porphyritic and aplitic dykes which are spatially related to quartz veining. The main vein is from 30 to 55 centimetres wide and composed of honeycombed quartz mineralized with disseminated crystalline argentite and pyrite. Hematite and limonite oxidation products are also prevalent in the veining. At intervals along the dip of the vein, faulting has displaced it 0.9 to 2.4 metres.

A chip sample across the vein in 1987 assayed 66.0 grams per tonne silver and 1.9 grams per tonne gold (Open File 1988-11).

Past development consisted of three adits and an incline shaft. Small shipments of sorted ore were intermittently made, beginning in 1895 and ending in 1950, for a total of seven years. Production totalled 162 tonnes, resulting in 166,184 grams of silver and 902 grams of gold.

Albury Resources Ltd. prospected on the claim in 1982. King Jack Resources Ltd. conducted surveys on the Chapleau Creek property between 1985 to 1987. See also 082FNW130-135.