Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain is located in Oregon
Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain
Location in Oregon
Highest point
Elevation5524+ ft (1683+ m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence800 ft (244 m)[1]
Coordinates43°09′50″N 122°40′20″W / 43.163926964°N 122.672145156°W / 43.163926964; -122.672145156[2]
Geography
LocationDouglas County, Oregon, U.S.
Parent rangeCascades
Topo mapUSGS Quartz Mountain

Quartz Mountain is a located 35 miles (56 km) east of Roseburg in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.[1][3] 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.[4]

The summit was the site of a Forest Service lookout tower until it was removed in 1970.[5]

Quartz Mountain L-5 cab erected in 1933

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Quartz Mountain, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  2. "Quartz Mtn Lookout House". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. "Distance and Bearing between two coordinates". Geody.com. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  4. "The Quartz Mountain Silica Deposit, Oregon" (PDF). Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Nov 1960. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  5. "Quartz Mountain Lookout Site". Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
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