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Compton

Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048662
MRDS ID MP00274
Record type Site
Current site name Compton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.3131, 47.369 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MI NORTHWEST OF WENATCHEE HEIGHTS SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee Heights(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 020E 27 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chumstick Formation
    Rock description Chumstick Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.3131, 47.369
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults. District Is Dominated By Post Mineral Fold And Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wenatchee District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hallauer, Wilbur
    First year 1992

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS IN 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY IS PRESUMED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT AT NEARBY LOVITT MINE
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS W700462, M060135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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