For an undirected connected graph $G=G(V,E)$ with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$, a subset $R$ of $V$ is said to be a resolving in $G$, if each pair of vertices (say $a$ and $b$; $a\neq b$) in $G$ satisfy the relation $d(a, k)\neq d(b, k)$, for at least one member $k$ in $R$. The minimum set $R$ with this resolving property is said to be a metric basis for $G$, and the cardinality of such set $R$, is referred to as the metric dimension of $G$, denoted by $dim_v(G)$. In this manuscript, we consider a complex molecular graph of one-heptagonal carbon nanocone (represented by $HCN_{s}$) and investigate its metric basis as well as metric dimension. We prove that just three specifically chosen vertices are enough to resolve the molecular graph of $HCN_{s}$. Moreover, several theoretical as well as applicative properties including comparison have also been incorporated.