Britannia

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206164
MAS/MILS ID 1220100002
Record type Site
Current site name Britannia
Alternate or previous names Britannia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.143, 49.6109 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.143, 49.6109

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Copper Beach Estates Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Britannia Mines Division
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 76-RCD-700 SHOWS THAT OPERATION CEASED PRODUCTION NOV. 1974

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Indicated 1420000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1420000mt ore
    Total resources 1420000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, B.C.-104.

  • Workings

    JOHNSON, T.W., THE TRANSITION TO TRACKLESS MINING METHODS

  • Workings

    AT ANACONDA BRITANNIA MINES; CIM BULL., JAN., 1975,

  • Workings

    P.39-44.

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA STAFF, ANACONDA BRITANNIA MINES, DIVISION OF

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA CANADA LIMITED, BRITANNIA BEACH, B.C.; IN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH COMMON-

  • Deposit

    WEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-28,

  • Deposit

    1974, SECTION VI, ARTICAL V, P.1-12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.