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Weaverville, Weaverville District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Latitude: 40°43'52"N
Longitude: 122°56'27"W
A populated place (town).

Founded in 1850, Weaverville is an historic California Gold Rush town. Nestled at the foot of the current day Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Weaverville was once home to approximately 2,000 Chinese gold miners, and had its very own Chinatown (Wikipedia).

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Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Cassiterite
'Chlorite Group'
Galena
Gold
Graphite
Platinum
Quartz
'Serpentine Group'


12 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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References

Whitney, J.D. (1865) Tin in Temescal range California Geological Survey: 1: 181.

Brown, G.C. (1916b), Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 876, 877.

Averill, Charles V. (1941), Mineral resources of Trinity and Humboldt Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 37): 37: 28, 42, 64.

Segerstrom, R.J. (1941), Tin in California: California Division Mines Report 37: 552.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 68, 87, 122.

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