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


mindat Locality ID: 7607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
El Gallito Adit
Jaqui Adit
La Gringa Mine
Marcos Adit
Ortega Mine
Teodocio Adit

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluorite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
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)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)319628879
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31962861089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61962841633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21962899617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19628624243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)596285,96286,96287,96288,96289469
Hydrotungstite  (*)NoneWO2(OH)2·H2O19628913
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS032
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21962865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296286,9628739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2396287,96288,9628961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1962841711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS496284,96285,96286,9628921482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1962862045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13396284,96286,962871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13296285,962895317


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