{{For|the term in Spanish|El Médico (disambiguation){{!}}El Médico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} '''El Doctor''' is a series of mountain peaks north of the [[Pachuca Range]] of the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]] in the states of [[Querétaro]] and [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]], [[Mexico]]. It includes an [[escarpment]] formed by the El Doctor Platform which is a thick series of [[Cretaceous]] carbonate formations, including the [[El Doctor Formation]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fitz-Diaz |first=Elisa |display-authors=etal |year=2011 |title=Insights into fluid flow and water-rock interaction during deformation of carbonate sequences in the Mexican fold-thrust belt |journal=Journal of Structural Geology |volume=33 |pages=1237–1253 |doi=10.1016/j.jsg.2011.05.009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Enos |first=Paul |year=1973 |title=Channelized Submarine Carbonate-Debris Flow, Cretaceous, Mexico |journal=AAPG Bulletin |volume=57 |issue=4 |page=777 |url=http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1971-73/data/pg/0057/0004/0750/0777b.htm}}</ref> The peaks rise above 3100 meters.<ref>For example, La Laja is at about 3138 meters {{Cite web|title=La Laja |publisher=Mapcarta |url=https://mapcarta.com/19997256}}; and Cerro Las Vigas is at about 3133 meters {{Cite web|title=Cerro Las Vigas |publisher=Mapcarta |url=https://mapcarta.com/34733540}}</ref>
In 1557, the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] discovered [[silver]] deposits in the El Doctor mountains.<ref>{{Cite web|title=San Juan de Nepomuceno, Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro |language=en |publisher=Mexico Mining Center |url=http://mexicominingcenter.com/property-detail2.php?id=39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716011434/http://mexicominingcenter.com/property-detail2.php?id=39 |archive-date=16 July 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>
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[[Category:Sierra Madre Oriental]] [[Category:Landforms of Querétaro]]