Mine detail: Compton Mine

Previously called 'Compton Mining Co.Compton Mines Company'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.73235, -118.77273

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Slate
Tectonic:Ochoco-Blue Mountains

References

MRDSM045460
DEP10109542
Reference{Deposit:: QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 249.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1916, PT. 1, P. 11.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1916, OREGON, GRANT COUNTY, COMPTON MINES CO.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 101, JUNE 24, P. 1135.}{Deposit:: PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 68.}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON - WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 140.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.