| Mina Q'asa | |
|---|---|
  Mina Q'asa Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 14°35′37″S72°30′58″W / 14.59361°S 72.51611°W Coordinates: 14°35′37″S72°30′58″W / 14.59361°S 72.51611°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Apurímac Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Wansu |
Mina Q'asa (Spanish mina mine, Quechua q'asa mountain pass, [2] "mine pass", also spelled Minajasa) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District. Mina Q'asa lies south of Puka Urqu and southeast of Millu. [1]
Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner.
The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
