Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon)

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. ^ a b c "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 April 28, 2016.
  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. November 1960. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Quartz Mountain Lookout Site". Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved April 27, 2016.