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Huinac mine (Winac mine), La Merced, Huaraz, Aija Province, Ancash Department, Peru

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Huinac mine, La Merced, Huaraz, Aija Province, Ancash Department, Peru

Photo: Tony Peterson
Complex Pb-Zn-fahlore mine.
Located near La Merced, ca. 60 km SW of Huaraz.

Note on the mineral list: the "zinkenite" sold from there is in fact stibnite (small jamesonite needles overgrowing the stibnite were mechanically removed), see Hyršl (2009).

References

Hyršl, J. (2009): Mineralien-Welt 20 (3), 52-55.

Mineral List

Bournonite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Dolomite
Enargite
Galena
Jamesonite
Orpiment
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite
Zinkenite


18 entries listed. 17 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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