Mine detail: Compton

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.369, -120.3131

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Electrum
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Chumstick Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults. District Is Dominated By Post Mineral Fold And Thrust Belt
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Silicic

References

MRDS	MP00274
DEP	10048662
Reference	DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTO * MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.