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

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kenova3,083 (2017)
Ceredo1,388 (2017)
Wayne1,382 (2017)
Lavalette1,073 (2011)
Fort Gay683 (2017)
Prichard527 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
253581
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:253581:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Wayne, Virginie-Occidentale, États-Unis
German:
Wayne County, West Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Wayne, Virginia Occidentale, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Уэйн, Западная Виргиния, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
韋恩縣, 西維吉尼亞州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Wayne, Virginia Occidental, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Wayne County, West Virginia, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة واين, فيرجينيا الغربية, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ուեյն շրջան, Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Wayne konderria , Mendebaldeko Virginia
Bavarian:
Wayne County, West Virginia, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ৱাইনে কাউন্টি, ওয়েস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Уейн, Западна Вирджиния, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Wayne County, West Virginia
Cornish:
Konteth Wayne, Vyrjynia West, Statys Unys
Dutch:
Wayne County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Kantono Wayne, Okcidenta Virginio
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان وین، ویرجینیای غربی, ویرجینیای غربی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
უეინის ოლქი, დასავლეთი ვირჯინია, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Wayne megye, Nyugat-Virginia, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
ウェイン郡, ウェストバージニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Low Saxon/Low German:
Wayne County, West Virginia, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Wayne Gông, West Virginia
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Wayne Kūn
Norwegian:
Wayne County, Vest-Virginia, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Wayne, Wirginia Zachodnia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Wayne, Virgínia Ocidental, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Wayne, Virginia de Vest, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Wayne, Virgìnia Otzidentale, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Serbian:
Округ Вејн , Западна Вирџинија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Wayne County, Zapadna Virginia, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Wayne County, West Virginia, USA
Traditional Chinese:
韋恩縣, 西維珍尼亞州, 美國
Turkish:
Wayne ilçesi, Batı Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Вейн, Західна Вірджинія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
وین کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا, مغربی ورجینیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Wayne, West Virginia, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Wayne, West Virginia, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
وین کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا, ویسٹ ورجینیا, امریکہ


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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Unclassified
'Ochre'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O SideriteFeCO3
FeIron
Fe SideriteFeCO3

Fossils

There are 5 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences8
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Glenshaw - Ames Shale1303.4 - 298.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
Allegheny1313.8 - 305.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
Allegheny - Putnam Hill4313.8 - 305.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Mammut americanum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut : Mammut americanum2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pseudobigalea crista
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Pseudobigaleaidae : Pseudobigalea : Pseudobigalea crista303.4 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudozygopleura semicostata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudozygopleuridae : Pseudozygopleura : Pseudozygopleura semicostata313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudozygopleura scitula
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudozygopleuridae : Pseudozygopleura : Pseudozygopleura scitula313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudozygopleura schucherti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudozygopleuridae : Pseudozygopleura : Pseudozygopleura schucherti313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Levizygopleura inornata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudozygopleuridae : Levizygopleura : Levizygopleura inornata313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Oxynoblatta alutacea
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Orthomylacridae : Oxynoblatta : Oxynoblatta alutacea315.2 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Limnopus glenshawensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Limnopus : Limnopus glenshawensis306.95 - 298.9 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_West_Virginia
Wikidata ID:Q495126
GeoNames ID:4826596

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