Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon)
Quartz Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5524+ ft (1683+ m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 800 ft (244 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 43°09′50″N 122°40′20″W / 43.163926964°N 122.672145156°W[2] |
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.[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]
References
- ^ a b c "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 2016-04-28.
- ^ "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. Nov 1960. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Quartz Mountain Lookout Site". Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
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.
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