The Pachuca Range ( Sierra de Pachuca ) is a mountain range in the Sierra Madre Oriental of central Mexico , in the state of Hidalgo .
3-681: 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 . The peaks rise above 3100 meters. In 1557, the Spanish discovered silver deposits in
6-641: A diminutive of Pachuca. Later the town of Pachuca de Soto and the municipality were named Pachuca . The Pachucas form the northeastern boundary of Mezquital Valley . They trend northwest–southeast and run about 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Cerro Monte Noble in the north to Real del Monte at the southeast. The surface rocks are volcanics beginning with Miocene andesites and micro diorites followed by alkaline basalts . The rocks are highly mineralized and contain ores of gold , silver , lead zinc , mercury and other metals. The mining districts of Pachuca and Real del Monte lie on opposite sides of
9-483: The El Doctor Mountains. 20°49′26″N 99°38′33″W / 20.82389°N 99.64250°W / 20.82389; -99.64250 Pachuca Range The mountains were named Pachoacan (Pachyohcan) (place of hay) by the native Nahuatl speakers, although there are also a variety of other theories about the origin and meaning of the name. The earliest recorded settlement name is "Pachuquillo"
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