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665 2425410 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Exposure to Currency Risk (Details) Network

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713 2434402 - Disclosure - Mineral Properties, Plant and Equipment - Rollforward of Carrying Value (Details) Network

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1330 Unused tax losses Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
1331 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1332 Deferred tax assets and liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1333 Tax benefit related to tax losses Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TaxBenefitArisingFromPreviouslyUnrecognisedTaxLossTaxCreditOrTemporaryDifferenceOfPriorPeriodUsedToReduceDeferredTaxExpense
1334 2478406 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Deductible Temporary Differences (Details) Network

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1335 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1336 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1337 Tax losses and mining tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1338 Tax loss (revenue in nature) Member paas:TaxLossRevenueinNatureMember
1339 Net tax loss (capital in nature) Member paas:NetTaxLossCapitalinNatureMember
1340 Resource pools and other tax credits Member paas:ResourcePoolsandOtherTaxCreditsMember
1341 Financing fees Member paas:FinancingFeesMember
1342 Mineral properties, plant, and equipment Member paas:MineralPropertiesPlantandEquipmentMember
1343 Closure and decommissioning costs Member ifrs-full:ProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCostsMember
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1345 Intercompany debt Member paas:IntercompanyDebtMember
1346 Doubtful debt and inventory Member paas:ProvisionforDoubtfulDebtsandInventoryAdjustmentsMember
1347 Deferred income and estimated sales Member paas:DeferredIncomeandEstimatedSalesMember
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1349 Payroll and vacation accruals Member paas:PayrollandVacationAccrualsMember
1350 Other temporary differences Member ifrs-full:OtherTemporaryDifferencesMember
1351 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1352 Unrecognised deductible temporary differences Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:DeductibleTemporaryDifferencesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetIsRecognised
1353 2478407 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Taxable Temporary Differences (Details) Network

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1354 Implied Table Table

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1355 Disclosure of income tax [Abstract] Abstract paas:DisclosureofincometaxAbstract
1356 Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, branches and associates and interests in joint arrangements for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognised Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferencesAssociatedWithInvestmentsInSubsidiariesBranchesAndAssociatesAndInterestsInJointVentures
1357 2478408 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Net Operating Loss Carryforwards (Details) Network

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1358 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1360 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
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1362 UNITED STATES Member country:US
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1364 MEXICO Member country:MX
1365 BARBADOS Member country:BB
1366 ARGENTINA Member country:AR
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1370 Expiring 2018 Member paas:Expiring2018Member
1371 Expiring 2019 Member paas:Expiring2019Member
1372 Expiring 2020 - and After Member paas:Expiring2020andAfterMember
1373 Expiring 2019 - and After Member paas:Expiring2019andAfterMember
1374 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1375 Unused tax operating losses Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetRecognised
1376 2480402 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) Network

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1377 Disclosure of contingent liabilities [table] Table

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1378 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
1379 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
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1381 Province of Santa Cruz [Member] Member paas:ProvinceofSantaCruzMember
1382 BOLIVIA Member country:BO
1383 Associates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis
1384 Entity's total for associates [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForAssociatesMember
1385 Maverix Metals Inc. [member] Member paas:MaverixMetalsInc.Member
1386 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
1387 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
1388 ArgeninianGovernment [Member] Member paas:ArgeninianGovernmentMember
1389 Barrick Gold Corp. [Member] Member paas:BarrickGoldCorp.Member
1390 EMUSA [Member] Member paas:EMUSAMember
1391 Bolivian Government [Member] Member paas:BolivianGovernmentMember
1392 COMIBOL [Member] Member paas:COMIBOLMember
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1395 Project [Domain] Member paas:ProjectDomain
1396 La Colorada mine [member] Member paas:LaColoradamineMember
1397 San Vicente mine [member] Member paas:SanVicentemineMember
1398 La Bolsa mine [member] Member paas:LaBolsamineMember
1399 Pico Machay project [Member] Member paas:PicoMachayprojectMember
1400 Manantial Espejo mine [member] Member paas:ManantialEspejomineMember
1401 Dolores mine [member] Member paas:DoloresmineMember
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1403 Provision for decommissioning, restoration and rehabilitation costs Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCosts
1404 Export Duty Amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit paas:ExportDutyAmount
1405 Number of shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debenture (shares) Concept (Shares) For Period paas:NumberofSharesIssuableuponConversionofConvertibleDebenture
1406 AverageSpecial Export Duty, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:AverageSpecialExportDutyPercent
1407 Export Duty, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:ExportDutyPercent
1408 ARSExportDutyperUSDGoldExport Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit paas:ARSExportDutyperUSDGoldExport
1409 ARSExportDutyperUSDSilverExport Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit paas:ARSExportDutyperUSDSilverExport
1410 Special Mining Duty, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:SpecialMiningDutyPercent
1411 Proportion of ownership interest in associate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInAssociate
1412 Adjustments for decrease (increase) in inventories, fully diluted Concept (Percent) For Period paas:Adjustmentsfordecreaseincreaseininventoriesfullydiluted
1413 Agreements to sell future gold production, percent of production (percent) Concept (Percent) For Period paas:AgreementstoSellFutureGoldProductionPercentofProduction
1414 Agreements to sell future gold production, price per ounce (in USD per ounce) Concept (Decimal) As Of paas:AgreementstoSellFutureGoldProductionPriceperOunce
1415 Agreements to Sell Future Silver Production, Price per Ounce Concept (Decimal) As Of paas:AgreementstoSellFutureSilverProductionPriceperOunce
1416 Net Smelter Returns Royalty Concept (Percent) For Period paas:NetSmelterReturnsRoyalty
1417 Royalty, Operating Cash Flow, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:RoyaltyOperatingCashFlowPercent
1418 Provincial Royalty, Operating Income, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:ProvincialRoyaltyOperatingIncomePercent
1419 Royalty expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:RoyaltyExpense
1420 Royalty Expense Per Unit Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit paas:RoyaltyExpensePerUnit
1421 Production Cap for Royalty Charge Concept (num:weightItemType) For Period paas:ProductionCapforRoyaltyCharge
1422 Participation Fee, as Percentage of Operation Cash Flow Concept (Percent) For Period paas:ParticipationFeeasPercentageofOperationCashFlow
1423 Increase (Decrease) in Participation Fee, as Percentage of Operation Cash Flows Concept (Percent) For Period paas:IncreaseDecreaseinParticipationFeeasPercentageofOperationCashFlows
1424 Net Smelter Return Royalties, Silver Production, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:NetSmelterReturnRoyaltiesSilverProductionPercent
1425 Net Smelter Return Royalties, Gold Production, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:NetSmelterReturnRoyaltiesGoldProductionPercent
1426 Minimum Average Price per Ounce of Silver to Trigger Royalty Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit paas:MinimumAveragePriceperOunceofSilvertoTriggerRoyalty
1427 Royalty, Gross Metal Value of Sales, Silver, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:RoyaltyGrossMetalValueofSalesSilverPercent
1428 Royalty, Gross Metal Value of Sales, Zinc and Copper, Percent Concept (Percent) For Period paas:RoyaltyGrossMetalValueofSalesZincandCopperPercent
1429 2481402 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions (Details) Network

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1430 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [table] Table

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1431 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1432 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1433 Company owned by a former director [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherRelatedPartiesMember
1434 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesLineItems
1435 Consulting services Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ServicesReceivedRelatedPartyTransactions
1436 Short-term benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
1437 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
1438 Key management personnel compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
1439 2482401 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events (Details) Network

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1440 Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [table] Table

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1441 Variable Rate [Axis] Axis paas:VariableRate1Axis
1442 Variable Rate [Domain] Member paas:VariableRate1Domain
1443 LIBOR [member] Member paas:LondonInterbankOfferedRate1LIBORMember
1444 Bank of Nova Scotia's Base Rate [member] Member paas:BaseRate1Member
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1446 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1447 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1448 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1449 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1450 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
1451 Credit Facility [member] Member paas:CreditFacilityMember
1452 Title of Individual [Axis] Axis paas:TitleofIndividual1Axis
1453 Title of Individual [Domain] Member paas:TitleofIndividual1Domain
1454 Pan American shareholders [member] Member paas:ShareholderMember
1455 Former Tahoe shareholders [member] Member paas:FormerShareholdersofAcquireeMember
1456 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
1457 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1458 Major business combination [member] Member ifrs-full:MajorBusinessCombinationMember
1459 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
1460 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1461 Tahoe Resources, Inc [member] Member paas:TahoeResourcesIncMember
1462 Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodLineItems
1463 Percentage of voting equity interests acquired Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:PercentageOfVotingEquityInterestsAcquired
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1466 Maximum cash consideration Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit paas:BusinessCombinationCashElectionMaximumCashTransferred
1467 Maximum number of Pan American shares to be issued Concept (Shares) As Of paas:BusinessCombinationShareElectionMaximumNumberofInstrumentsorInterestIssuedorIssuable
1468 Amount of shares for which holders made the Cash Election Concept (Shares) As Of paas:BusinessCombinationCashElectionEquityInterestsofAcquiree
1469 Amount of shares for which holders made or were deemed to have made the Share Election Concept (Shares) As Of paas:BusinessCombinationShareElectionEquityInterestsofAcquiree
1470 Share Election, cash transferred per acquired share Concept (Share) As Of paas:BusinessCombinationShareElectionSubjecttoProRationCashTransferredPerAcquiredShare
1471 Share Election, portion of Pan American shares per Tahoe share received as consideration Concept (Pure) As Of paas:BusinessCombinationShareElectionSubjecttoProRationNumberofEquityInstrumentsIssuedorIssuablePerAcquiredShare
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1473 Contingent consideration, portion of Pan American shares exchanged for each CVR Concept (Pure) As Of paas:ContingentConsiderationArrangementsNumberofAcquirerSharestobeExchangedforEachContingentValueRight
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1475 Cash transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CashTransferred
1476 Number of shares issued (shares) Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOrInterestsIssuedOrIssuable
1477 Other tangible or intangible assets transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherTangibleOrIntangibleAssetsTransferred
1478 Percent owned after share issuance Concept (Percent) For Period paas:SaleofStockPercentageofOwnershipAfterTransaction1
1479 Consideration transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred
1480 Transaction costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionrelatedCostsForTransactionRecognisedSeparatelyFromAcquisitionOfAssetsAndAssumptionOfLiabilitiesInBusinessCombination
1481 Credit facility term Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period paas:DebtInstrumentTerm1
1482 Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit paas:LineofCreditMaximumBorrowingCapacity1
1483 Amount by which facility has been increased Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit paas:LineofCreditIncreasetoMaximumBorrowingCapacity
1484 Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsAdjustmentToInterestRateBasis
1485 Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee (percent) Concept (Percent) For Period paas:LineofCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage1
1486 Long-term debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1487 Repayment of credit facility Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit paas:RepaymentofLongtermLinesofCredit

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