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THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
The Interior Highland Region, Oklahoma

The Wichita Mountains Go Down Go Back
Quartz Mountain, also know as Baldy Point is one of the westernmost peaks in the Wichita Mountains, is a granite promontory and rounded hill made of red and black igneous rocks, light colored sedimentary rocks and boulder conglomerates. Most of Quartz Mountain and the other exposures in the park are homogenous pink-red Lugert Granite. However, the flank of Quartz Mountain, as well as the adjacent peaks to the west are made of a coarser grained, red Reformatory Granite.
The park is open to the public year-round for rock climbing, hiking, boating, camping, nature observation and photography, and environmental education and interpretation. The mountain overlooks scenic Lake Altus-Lugert.

Quartz Mountain
Coordinates: 34.906944, -99.323333
Elevation: 2040 feet (620 m)
Prominence: 509 feet

Nearest City: Altus, Oklahoma
Range: Located in Wichita Mountains in the Oklahoma Inland Highlands Region.

Summits:
Best route to top: Foot travel only

Last Eruption: About 500 million years ago
Age of Rock: 485-541 million year old, Early Paleozoic, Cambian Period.

The 2020 Journey, Quartz Mountain Go Down Go Up
The Interior Highland Region
The Wichita Mountains

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