Topo map USGS Quartz Mountain Prominence 244 m Parent range Cascade Range | Elevation 1,682 m Mountain range Cascade Range | |
Similar Mount Hood, Mount Adams, Mount Thielsen, Newberry Volcano | ||
Quartz Mountain is a located 35 miles (56 km) east of Roseburg in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. 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.
Map of Quartz Mountain, Oregon, USA
The summit was the site of a Forest Service lookout tower until it was removed in 1970.
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Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA