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Table 1
Elevations and Corresponding Mine Levels for Britannia Mine Sites
Barbara Camp 500 3800 1158
2.2 LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND OWNERSHIP
According to information provided by BCMWLAP, ownership of the Britannia Mine is divided
between the Crown, the Britannia Beach Historical Society (BBHS), Copper Beach Estates Ltd.
(CBEL), and Britannia Beach Holdings Ltd. A current list obtained from the BC Land Title
internet system showing the titles held by each owner, is presented in Appendix A.
BCMWLAP has provided the following legal descriptions for the Fan Area, the ownership of
which is divided between the BBHS and CBEL:
PID: 015-913-961
DL 891, Group 1, NWD Except, Firstly: Part in Reference Plan 4390, Secondly: Part in
Plan 19960, Thirdly: Part on Highway Plan 145
PID: 015-913-970
DL 892, Group 1, NWD Except (A) Part in Reference Plan 7313 and (B) Part in Plan
19960.
The legal plan for Britannia Beach is presented in Appendix A.
An historical title-search was ordered from West Coast Title Search Ltd. (West Coast Title) for
one of the lots within District Lot 892. Title and transfer documents dating back to 1900 were
reviewed and summarized by West Coast Title for information about the history of ownership of
the subject property and are presented in Appendix A.
Ownership of the Additional Areas is divided between the Crown and Copper Beach Estates.
BCMWLAP has provided a map showing the boundaries of the former Britannia Mine that
delineates the portion owned by CBEL. The map and additional information provided by
BCMWLAP are presented in Appendix A. The mining claims, with lot numbers for the portions
outside of the Fan Area, are shown on the Energy, Mines and Resources topographic map,
92G/11, Squamish, British Columbia (Figure 1).
2.3 GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW
The Britannia area is underlain by intrusive rocks of the Coast Plutonic Complex capped by
sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Gambier Group. There is a lower volcanic sequence
comprised of dacitic tuff breccia grading upwards into a well-bedded sequence of interbedded
black argillite and tuff. Andesitic tuffs, tuffaceous sediments and cherty tuffs comprise the upper
volcanic sequence. The overlying sedimentary rocks are a mix of poorly bedded shale, siltstone
and greywacke (Environment Canada 1973).
The Fan Area is situated on the Britannia Creek fan, a debris fan formed since the end of the last
glacial period, approximately 10,000 years ago. The fan comprises a heterogeneous assemblage
Britannia Contaminated Site Investigation
Stage I Preliminary Site Investigation
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