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Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County)

Marble Mountains
MarbleMts SBCA.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 685 m (2,247 ft)
Geography
Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County) is located in California
Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County)
Location of Marble Mountains in California
Country United States
State California
District San Bernardino County
Range coordinates 34°36′57″N 115°33′45″W / 34.6158°N 115.5625°W / 34.6158; -115.5625Coordinates: 34°36′57″N 115°33′45″W / 34.6158°N 115.5625°W / 34.6158; -115.5625
Topo map USGS Cadiz

The Marble Mountains are a mountain range in the Eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, in San Bernardino County, California.

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.

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



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