The Marble Mountains are a mountain range in the Eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, in San Bernardino County, California.[1]
| Marble Mountains | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 685 m (2,247 ft) |
| Geography | |
  Marble Mountains Location of Marble Mountains in California[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | San Bernardino County |
| Range coordinates | 34°36′56.983″N 115°33′44.967″W / 34.61582861°N 115.56249083°W |
| Topo map | USGS Cadiz |
Geography edit
The Marble Mountains are located just north of Cadiz, California, and are south of Bristol Dry Lake and Amboy, California. The Old Woman Mountains are to the east, and Bullion Mountains to the west. The Sheep Hole Mountains and Twentynine Palms, California are to the southeast.
Geology edit
The Marble Mountains contain excellent exposures of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks.
The Marble Mountains Fossil Beds are the site of 550 million-year-old fossils of trilobites, which were among the first animals on earth with eyes and skeletons
Wilderness edit
Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the Trilobite Wilderness encompasses the Marble Mountain range. The 37,308 acre wilderness area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.[2]
See also edit
External links edit
- Trilobite Wilderness - BLM
References edit
- ^ a b "Marble Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Trilobite Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
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