Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon)

Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain
Location in Oregon
Highest point
Elevation5524+ ft (1683+ m) NAVD 88
Prominence800 ft (244 m)
Coordinates43°09′50″N 122°40′20″W / 43.163926964°N 122.672145156°W / 43.163926964; -122.672145156
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. 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.

The summit was the site of a Forest Service lookout tower until it was removed in 1970.