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Locality Name:
Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 203389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Angullaco
Betty Mine
Cahuadan
Cambulay
El Alizar Deposit
Las Bateas Deposit
Mundo Nuevo
Soyapampa

Latitude: 7°47'59"S
Longitude: 78°4'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.7997222222222,-78.066666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrotungstite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lautite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6196281966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21962762162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1962832734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1962839052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3396283,96288,9629079
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3296283,962861089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6296283,962841633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219628327198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6196283310
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2296283,962899617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296283,9628624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1962926890
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)896283,96285,96286,96287,96288,96289,96290,96291469
Hydrotungstite  (*)NoneWO2(OH)2·H2O296283,9628913
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4796276,96277,96278,96279,96280,96281,962925591
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS19628332
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2296283,962865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2296280,9628317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2496283,96286,96287,9629039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21396276,96277,96278,96279,96280,96281,96283,96287,96288,96289,96290,96291,9629261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)296283,962841711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)296283,962904894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1962831153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1962836417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS596283,96284,96285,96286,9628921482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)196283156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS296283,962862045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13496283,96284,96286,962871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13496283,96285,96289,962905317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120058Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R120058


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