The phrase "a small compound of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mixture or combination of elements, often in a scientific or technical context.
Example: "The solution is a small compound of various chemicals that react to form a new substance."
Alternatives: "a minor mixture of" or "a little combination of".
On the rim stands a small compound of buildings.
On a tranquil back street one block from another estuary, Casa Roxana is a small compound of spacious white bungalows.
Each family dwells in a manyatta — a small compound of stick-and-mud huts, with wooden pens for herds of cattle, sheep and goats, and no next-door neighbors.
Taken during the Scottish Cup semi-final between Celtic and Motherwell in March 1954, it shows not just the handsome grandstands and packed open terraces – originally laid out by the great stadium architect Archibald Leitch, a Glasgow man – but the packed car parks and the typical postwar sight of a small compound of prefabricated bungalows just beyond the perimeter.
Near Chicoutimi, La Maraîchère du Saguenay, 97 boulevard Tadoussac, St.-Fulgence, (418) 674-9384, fax (418) 674-1055, www.maraicheresaguenay.ca, consists of a small compound of new and old buildings with four rooms in traditional regional style; the cottage is especially appealing.
She rented a small compound on the outskirts of the village and used it as a makeshift prison.
By the time I got there, the Marines only retained a skeleton crew operating out of a small compound in a corner of the facility.
In early November Guardian Australia revealed that two unaccompanied minors were being held in isolation on Manus in a small compound, as a result of administrative error.
Nearby is the wall of a small compound, within which the surrounded Qaddafi soldiers have been trapped.
He runs a tour company, Remote Asia Travel, out of a small compound in Vientiane.
To validate the final HTS assay configuration, a screen of a small compound set (validation set) was run in triplicate.
