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]