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.

 

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