Compton Mine
Compton Mine is a quarry in Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California. Compton Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Keswick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Shasta County, California, United States of America
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spring Creek Dam and Keswick Dam.
Spring Creek Dam
Power station
Spring Creek Debris Dam is an earthfill dam on Spring Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, in Shasta County in the U.S. state of California. Completed in 1963, the dam, maintained by the U.S. Spring Creek Dam is situated 1¼ miles north of Compton Mine.
Keswick Dam
Dam
Photo: Bureau of Reclamation, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River about 2 miles northwest of Redding, California. Part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project, the dam is 157 feet high and impounds the Keswick Reservoir, which has a capacity of 23,800 acre⋅ft. Keswick Dam is situated 1¼ miles east of Compton Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keswick and Shasta.
Keswick
Hamlet
Keswick is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California. Keswick sits at an elevation of 732 feet. Its population is 188 as of the 2020 census, down from 451 from the 2010 census.
Shasta
Shasta is a town in Shasta County in the Shasta Cascades region of California. In the mid 19th century, Shasta was the commercial and shipping hub for northern California mines.Redding
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The City of Redding, in Shasta County, California, and its surrounding area has numerous outdoor and indoor activities, including two lakes and two active volcanos within close driving distance.
Compton Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.60904° or 40° 36′ 33″ northLongitude
-122.46862° or 122° 28′ 7″ westElevation
810 feet (247 metres)Open location code
84GVJG5J+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 369171583OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Compton Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Compton Mine”
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