La Providencia Mine, Cajamarca, Cajamarca Province, Cajamarca Department, Peru

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Huge open pit kaolin mine.

References:
- Dill, H.G., Bosse, H.-R., Henning, K.-H., Fricke, A., and Ahrendt, H. (1997): Mineralogical and chemical variations in hypogene and supergene kaolin deposits in a mobile fold belt the Central Andes of northwestern Peru. Mineralium Deposita 32, 149-163.

Mineral List:

Alunite
Anatase
Baryte
Cristobalite

'Feldspar Group'
Halloysite
Illite
Kaolinite

'Smectite Group'
'Svanbergite-Woodhouseite Series'

10 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

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