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Lake County, Ohio, USAi
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OhioState
USACountry

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View of the Fairport Harbor mining and metallurgy area, in 1906.

Fairport Harbor, Lake County, Ohio, USA
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mentor46,901 (2017)
Willoughby22,631 (2017)
Painesville19,776 (2017)
Eastlake18,232 (2017)
Willowick13,957 (2017)
Wickliffe12,545 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
55087
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:55087:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Lake, Ohio, États-Unis
German:
Lake County, Ohio, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Lake, Ohio, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Лейк, Огайо, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
萊克縣, 俄亥俄州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Lake, Ohio, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Lake County, Ohio, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة ليك , أوهايو, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Lake konderria , Ohio
Bavarian:
Lake County, Ohio, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
লেক কাউন্টি, ওহাইও, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Лейк, Охайо, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Lake County , Ohio
Danish:
Lake County, Ohio, USA
Dutch:
Lake County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Kantono Lago, Ohio
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان لیک، اوهایو, اوهایو, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Laken piirikunta, Ohio, Yhdysvallat
Georgian:
ლეიკის ოლქი, ოჰაიო, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hebrew:
מחוז לייק, אוהיו, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Lake megye, Ohio, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
レイク郡, オハイオ州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Lake Comitatus, Ohium, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Lake County, Ohio, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Lake Gông, Ohio
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Lake Kūn
Norwegian:
Lake County, Ohio, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Lake, Ohio, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Lake, Ohio, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Lake, Ohio, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Lake, Ohio, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Lake County, Ohio, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Лејк, Охајо, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Lake County, Ohio, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Lake County, Ohio, USA
Traditional Chinese:
萊克縣, 俄亥俄州, 美國
Turkish:
Lake County, Ohio, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Лейк, Огайо, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
لیک کاؤنٹی، اوہائیو, اوہائیو, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Lake, Ohio, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Lake, Ohio, Estados Unidos


Lake County is a county in northeast Ohio. It was founded on March 6, 1840 and named as such due to its border with Lake Erie. The county seat is Painesville.

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

5 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CCarbon
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Cl HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences45
Youngest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed372 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Chagrin Shale45372.2 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sphenothallus
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Sphenothallus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Bivalvia
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Nucula
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nucula372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Ptychopteria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Ptychopteria372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Dithyrocaris
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Rhinocarididae : Dithyrocaris372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Echinocaris
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Echinocarididae : Echinocaris372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Phyllocarida
subclass
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Phyllocarida372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Palaeopalaemon
genus
Palaeopalaemonidae : Palaeopalaemon372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Lingula
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae : Lingula372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Acrotretida
order
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Acrotretida372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Orbiculoidea
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Orbiculoidea372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Chonetes
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : Chonetes372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Camarotoechia
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Camarotoechiidae : Camarotoechia372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Ambocoelia
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Ambocoelia372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Cyrtospirifer
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtospiriferidae : Cyrtospirifer372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Parazyga
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Parazygidae : Parazyga372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Chagrinia
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Chagrinia372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Holoptychus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Holoptychus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Nautiloidea
subclass
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Rhynchonellidae
family
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Palaeophycus
genus
Palaeophycus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Rhizocorallium
genus
Rhizocorallium372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Lingulichnus
genus
Lingulichnus372.2 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_County,_Ohio
Wikidata ID:Q288606
GeoNames ID:5160090

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