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Fayette County, West Virginia, USAi
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Fayette CountyCounty
West VirginiaState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Oak Hill8,140 (2017)
Fayetteville2,892 (2011)
Montgomery1,596 (2017)
Ansted1,397 (2017)
Mount Hope1,377 (2017)
Smithers790 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
227262
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:227262:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Fayette, Virginie-Occidentale, États-Unis
German:
Fayette County, West Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Fayette, Virginia Occidentale, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Фейетт, Западная Виргиния, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
費耶特縣, 西維吉尼亞州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Fayette, Virginia Occidental, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Fayette County, West Virginia, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة فاييت, فيرجينيا الغربية, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ֆայետ շրջան, Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Fayette konderria , Mendebaldeko Virginia
Bavarian:
Fayette County, West Virginia, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ফায়েত কাউন্টি, ওয়েস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Файет, Западна Вирджиния, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Fayette County , West Virginia
Cornish:
Konteth Fayette, Vyrjynia West, Statys Unys
Dutch:
Fayette County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Fayette County, Okcidenta Virginio
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان فایت، ویرجینیای غربی, ویرجینیای غربی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ფაიეტის ოლქი, დასავლეთი ვირჯინია, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Fayette megye, Nyugat-Virginia, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ファイエット郡, ウェストバージニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Fayette Gông, West Virginia
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Fayette Kūn
Norwegian:
Fayette County, Vest-Virginia, USA
Pennsylvania German:
Fayette Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini, Amerikaa
Polish:
Hrabstwo Fayette, Wirginia Zachodnia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Fayette, Virgínia Ocidental, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Fayette, Virginia de Vest, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Fayette, Virgìnia Otzidentale, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Фејет , Западна Вирџинија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Fayette County, Zapadna Virginia, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
Traditional Chinese:
費耶特縣, 西維珍尼亞州, 美國
Turkish:
Fayette County, Batı Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Фаєтт, Західна Вірджинія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
فائیٹ کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا, مغربی ورجینیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Fayette, West Virginia, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Fayette, West Virginia, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
فایٹ کاؤنٹی, ویسٹ ورجینیا, امریکہ


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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3

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CCarbon
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O SideriteFeCO3
FeIron
Fe SideriteFeCO3

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences29
Youngest Fossil Listed307 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kanawha6314.6 - 306.95 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ageleodus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Holocephali : Ageleodus314.6 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Onychodus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Onychodontiformes : Onychodontidae : Onychodus314.6 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Orthacanthus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Xenacanthiformes : Diplodoselachidae : Orthacanthus314.6 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Sagenodus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Sagenodontidae : Sagenodus314.6 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Neuropteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pachytestaceae : Neuropteris358.9 - 323.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Mariopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Callistophytaceae : Mariopteris358.9 - 323.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Pecopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Marattiales : Asterothecaceae : Pecopteris358.9 - 323.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Sphenophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Sphenophyllaceae : Sphenophyllum358.9 - 323.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Areomartus ovatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Eophrynidae : Areomartus : Areomartus ovatus314.6 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_West_Virginia
Wikidata ID:Q504830
GeoNames ID:4805678

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