| Quartz Mountain | |
|---|---|
  Quartz MountainLocation in Oregon
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5524+ ft (1683+ m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 800 ft (244 m) |
| Coordinates | 43°09′50″N 122°40′20″W / 43.163926964°N 122.672145156°W / 43.163926964; -122.672145156 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Douglas County, Oregon, U.S. |
| Parent range | Cascades |
| Topo map | USGS Quartz Mountain |
Quartz Mountain is a located 35 miles (56 km) east of Roseburg in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. Located within the Jackson Creek subbasin, a tributary of the South Umpqua River, Quartz Mountain rises to an elevation of 5,200 feet (1,585 m) in the Umpqua National Forest. It has a large deposit of high-purity silica.
The summit was the site of a Forest Service lookout tower until it was removed in 1970.
References
- ^ "Quartz Mountain, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- "Quartz Mtn Lookout House". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- "Distance and Bearing between two coordinates". Geody.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- "The Quartz Mountain Silica Deposit, Oregon" (PDF). Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. November 1960. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
- "Quartz Mountain Lookout Site". Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
External links
- Bernstein, Art (2003). Oregon byways: 75 scenic drives in the Cascades and Siskiyous, canyons and coast. Wilderness Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-89997-277-2.
- "Quartz Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.