# El Doctor

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For the term in Spanish, see [El Médico](/source/El_M%C3%A9dico_(disambiguation)).

**El Doctor** is a series of mountain peaks north of the [Pachuca Range](/source/Pachuca_Range) of the [Sierra Madre Oriental](/source/Sierra_Madre_Oriental) in the states of [Querétaro](/source/Quer%C3%A9taro) and [Hidalgo](/source/Hidalgo_(state)), [Mexico](/source/Mexico). It includes an [escarpment](/source/Escarpment) formed by the El Doctor Platform which is a thick series of [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous) carbonate formations, including the [El Doctor Formation](/source/El_Doctor_Formation).[1][2] The peaks rise above 3100 meters.[3]

In 1557, the [Spanish](/source/Spanish_Empire) discovered [silver](/source/Silver) deposits in the El Doctor mountains.[4]

## Notes and references

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Fitz-Diaz, Elisa; et al. (2011). "Insights into fluid flow and water-rock interaction during deformation of carbonate sequences in the Mexican fold-thrust belt". *Journal of Structural Geology*. **33**: 1237–1253. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.jsg.2011.05.009](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jsg.2011.05.009).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Enos, Paul (1973). ["Channelized Submarine Carbonate-Debris Flow, Cretaceous, Mexico"](http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1971-73/data/pg/0057/0004/0750/0777b.htm). *AAPG Bulletin*. **57** (4): 777.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** For example, La Laja is at about 3138 meters ["La Laja"](https://mapcarta.com/19997256). Mapcarta.; and Cerro Las Vigas is at about 3133 meters ["Cerro Las Vigas"](https://mapcarta.com/34733540). Mapcarta.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["San Juan de Nepomuceno, Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro"](http://mexicominingcenter.com/property-detail2.php?id=39). Mexico Mining Center. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160716011434/http://mexicominingcenter.com/property-detail2.php?id=39) from the original on 16 July 2016.

[20°49′26″N 99°38′33″W / 20.82389°N 99.64250°W / 20.82389; -99.64250](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=El_Doctor&params=20_49_26_N_99_38_33_W_)

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