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Huancavelica

Boom town, Peru, founded 1571.

About Huancavelica

Capital city of Huancavelica, Peru.1

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Mines

Worked atHuancavelica mercury mineHuancavelica lies close to Huancavelica mercury mine.1

Events

Led toMercury mining begins at HuancavelicaHuancavelica is part of this story: Mercury mining begins at Huancavelica.1

Trade routes

Shipped throughHuancavelica to Chincha mercuryHuancavelica was an end of the huancavelica to chincha mercury route.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q1000333 (Huancavelica)
  2. Orche E., Amare M.P., Transporte de mercurio desde Huancavelica a Potosi en el Peru colonial De Re Metallica 25 (Sociedad Espanola para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geologico y Minero)

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)).