Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 241315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mundo Nuevo Mine
Tamboras Mine
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augelite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Hydrotungstite ()*	Lautite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	96283	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	96283	9052
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	3	96283,96288,96290	79
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	96283,96286	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	96283,96284	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	96283	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	96283	310
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	96283,96289	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	96283,96286	24243
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	8	96283,96285,96286,96287,96288,96289,96290,96291	469
Hydrotungstite ()*	None	WO₂(OH)₂·H₂O	2	96283,96289	13
Lautite ()*	None	CuAsS	1	96283	32
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	96283,96286	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	96283	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	96283,96286,96287,96290	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	96283,96287,96288,96289,96290,96291	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	96283,96284	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	96283,96290	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	96283	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	96283	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	96283,96284,96285,96286,96289	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	96283	156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	96283,96286	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	96283,96284,96286,96287	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	96283,96285,96289,96290	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120058	Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru	https://rruff.info/R120058

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