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Yellville, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USAi
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Yellville, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
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Smithsonite, etc.

Yellville, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
01423230017650811338124.jpg
Smithsonite, etc.

Yellville, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
Type:
City
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Yellville1,169 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
3411
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:3411:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Yellville is a city and the county seat of Marion County. It is named after Archibald Yell, who was the first member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and the second governor of Arkansas.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘSmithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3

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CCarbon
Cⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed470 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Oldest Fossil Listed478 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Powell4477.7 - 468.1 Ma (Ordovician)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Centrotarphyceras yellvillense
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tarphyceratidae : Centrotarphyceras : Centrotarphyceras yellvillense477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Clytoceras capax
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Estonioceratidae : Clytoceras : Clytoceras capax477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Leptocyrtoceras powellense
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Bassleroceratidae : Leptocyrtoceras : Leptocyrtoceras powellense477.7 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellville,_Arkansas
Wikidata ID:Q79465
GeoNames ID:4137291


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