El Doctor
El Doctor (El Doctor Mountains) is a series of peaks north of the Pachuca Range of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the states of Querétaro and 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.[1][2] The peaks rise above 3100 meters.[3]
In 1557, the Spanish discovered silver deposits in the El Doctor Mountains.[4]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ 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:10.1016/j.jsg.2011.05.009.
- ^ Enos, Paul (1973). "Channelized Submarine Carbonate-Debris Flow, Cretaceous, Mexico". AAPG Bulletin. 57 (4): 777.
- ^ For example, La Laja is at about 3138 meters "La Laja". Mapcarta.; and Cerro Las Vigas is at about 3133 meters "Cerro Las Vigas". Mapcarta.
- ^ "San Juan de Nepomuceno, Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro". Mexico Mining Center. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.