Javier Mine
Huac-huas District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru
Peruvian locale known for fine specimens of coquimbite.
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Mindat lists 17 minerals from the site, but really most people will be after the coquimbite, a secondary iron sulphate mineral.
The main ore mineral worked at this site is chalcopyrite, along with sphalerite and galena.
The site may also be known as the Javier Ortega Mine.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-214262.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022286014001586
If you are interested in other classic Peruvian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Peruvian locales
- Acari Mine, Acarí District, Caravelí Province, Arequipa, Peru
- Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
- Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco, Peru
- Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
- Javier Mine, Huac-huas District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru
- Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru
- Pachapaqui mining district, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
For the rest of our Peruvian stock, see below.
Peru
Minerals from Peru