Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon) Explained

Quartz Mountain
Elevation:5524+ ft (1683+ m)
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:800feet
Range:Cascades
Location:Douglas County, Oregon, U.S.
Map:USA Oregon
Map Size:240
Coordinates:43.1639°N -122.6721°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Quartz Mountain

Quartz Mountain is a located 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 5200feet 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]

thumb|none|279px|Quartz Mountain L-5 cab erected in 1933

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Notes and References

  1. 2438 . Quartz Mountain, Oregon . August 8, 2011.
  2. PC0858 . Quartz Mtn Lookout House . 2016-04-28.
  3. Web site: Distance and Bearing between two coordinates . Geody.com . August 8, 2011.
  4. Web site: The Quartz Mountain Silica Deposit, Oregon . Nov 1960 . Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries . 14 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Quartz Mountain Lookout Site . Forest Fire Lookout Association . 2016-04-27.