The vein strikes N. 60 degrees W. with a dip of 60 degrees to the south and appears to be in the great zone of fissuring which traverses the Moyie area. The cerrusite is white to colourless and occurs in tabular crystals, either singly or as penetration twins. Single crystals up to one inch and larger crystal aggregates have been noted. These, evidently, were fairly loosely attached to the matrix which, perhaps, allowed many of them to escape being shipped to the smelter. Much less common are clusters or groups of prismatic crystals on matrix.
Clusters exceeding two or three inches can command quite good prices today.
Originally, these may have been more common, but most would have been sent to the smelter. In the summer of 1975, the site was mined for specimens by Rod Tyson of Tyson's Fine Minerals and John Gorham. They met with modest success, and were able to recover several flats of specimens, as well as innumerable thumbnails. Returning the following summer to try their luck again, they met with a somewhat different result, and were only able to obtain a small number of thumbnails. No cleavage, irregular fracture.