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Leake County, Mississippi, USAi
Regional Level Types
Leake CountyCounty
MississippiState
USACountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Carthage4,899 (2017)
Walnut Grove1,619 (2017)
Redwater633 (2011)
Standing Pine504 (2011)
Lena148 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
388957
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:388957:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Leake, Mississippi, États-Unis
German:
Leake County, Mississippi, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Leake, Mississippi, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Лик, Миссисипи, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
利克縣, 密西西比州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Leake, Misisipi, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Leake County, Mississippi, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ليك, مسيسيبي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Լիք շրջան, Միսսիսիպի, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Leake konderria , Mississippi
Bavarian:
Leake County, Mississippi, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
লীক কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Лийк, Мисисипи, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Leake County, Mississippi
Chechen:
Лик , Миссисипи, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Danish:
Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Dutch:
Leake County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Leake'i maakond, Mississippi osariik, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان لیک، میسیسیپی, میسیسیپی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ლიკის ოლქი, მისისიპის შტატი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Leake megye, Mississippi, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Leake, Mississippi, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
リーク郡, ミシシッピ州, アメリカ合衆国
Korean:
리크군, 미시시피주, 미국
Latin:
Leake Comitatus, Mississippia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Leake Gông, Mississippi
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Leake Kūn
Norwegian:
Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Leake, Missisipi, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Leake, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Leake, Mississippi, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Leake, Mississippi, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Leake County, Mississippi, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Лик, Мисисипи, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Leake County, Mississippi, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Tatar:
Лик , Миссисипи, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Traditional Chinese:
利克縣, 密西西比州, 美國
Turkish:
Leake County, Mississippi, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Лік, Міссісіпі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
لیک کاؤنٹی، مسیسپی, مسیسپی, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Leake, Mississippi, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Leake, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Leake County, Mississippi, Unol Daleithiau America
Western Punjabi:
لیک کاؤنٹی،مسسسپی, مسسسپی, امریکہ


Leake County is located in central Mississippi. Its county seat is Carthage.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

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

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Occurrences46
Youngest Fossil Listed70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed83.5 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Coffee Sand4683.5 - 70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Neritina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Neritina83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alvania
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : Alvania83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amaurellina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Amaurellina83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Anchura83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Perissoptera
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Perissoptera83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterocerella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Pterocerella83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acirsa culmosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Acirsa : Acirsa culmosa83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acirsa gravida
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Acirsa : Acirsa gravida83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anteglosia tennesseensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoinidae : Anteglosia : Anteglosia tennesseensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Granosolarium coffea
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Granosolarium : Granosolarium coffea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Calliotropidae : Calliomphalus : Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Calliotropidae : Calliomphalus : Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithioderma nodosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : Cerithioderma : Cerithioderma nodosa83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Graciliala johnsoni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Graciliala : Graciliala johnsoni83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gymnentome unicarinata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cassiopidae : Gymnentome : Gymnentome unicarinata83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes major
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes major83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Laxispira lumbricalis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Laxispira : Laxispira lumbricalis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira rectilabrum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira : Euspira rectilabrum83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Potamididae : Exechocirsus : Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudamaura lepta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Pseudamaura : Pseudamaura lepta83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Pseudomalaxis : Pseudomalaxis pateriformis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Variseila meeki
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Triforidae : Variseila : Variseila meeki83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Solariorbis clara
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turbinidae : Solariorbis : Solariorbis clara83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thylacus cretaceus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Calyptraeidae : Thylacus : Thylacus cretaceus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tundora tuberculata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Tundora : Tundora tuberculata83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella quadrilira
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella quadrilira83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella trilira
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella trilira83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Urceolabrum mantachieensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pickworthiidae : Urceolabrum : Urceolabrum mantachieensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Xenophoridae : Endoptygma : Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leake_County,_Mississippi
Wikidata ID:Q490835
GeoNames ID:4433110

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