Hartford Claim

The Hartford Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Hartford Claim

State: Washington

County: Skagit

Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 48.50194, -121.04972

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Hartford Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hartford Claim

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Administrative Organization: In North Cascades National Park

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: George Sanger
Years: 1892 -

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Pyrite

Ore: Galena

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: UNSRUVEYED
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: SIMILAR IN WIDTH AND CHARACTER TO THE BOSTON VEIN.
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: DEPENDING ON EXACT LOCATION OF PROPERTY, HOST ROCKS MAY BE CASCADE PASS DIKE
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: EASTERN EXTENSION OF BOSTON CLAIM (M700366).
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 231.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).