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Cerro de Pasco

Boom town, Peru, founded 1578.

About Cerro de Pasco

Capital city of Pasco, Peru.1

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Mines

OwnedCuajoneCerro de Pasco was one of the earlier owners of the Cuajone area.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q674320 (Cerro de Pasco)
  2. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 Southern Copper Corporation (SEC)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Ball mills and SAG mills by photosmith2011, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0; Froth flotation and tailings by Nina111955, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Potosi, Bolivia, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)).