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Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USAi
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Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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View of the Centerville coal mining area, in 1910.

Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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View of the Centerville coal mining area, in 1910.

Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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View of the Centerville coal mining area, in 1910.

Shawville coal mine, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
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City
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Centerville5,372 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
426562
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:426562:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Centerville is a city and the county seat of Appanoose County.

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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed306 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed314 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lost Branch6307 - 298.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Rhombopora
genus		Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Rhabdomesidae : Rhombopora313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachiopoda
phylum		Animalia : Brachiopoda313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Mesolobus
genus		Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Mesolobus313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Crurithyris
genus		Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Crinoidea
class		Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Vertebrata
subphylum		Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata313.8 - 305.9 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerville,_Iowa
Wikidata ID:Q1898089
GeoNames ID:4850961

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