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
An sign at the edge of Trilobite Wilderness Area.
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]
marble, mountains, bernardino, county, mountain, range, same, name, siskiyou, county, marble, mountains, siskiyou, county, marble, mountains, mountain, range, eastern, mojave, desert, within, mojave, trails, national, monument, bernardino, county, california, . For the mountain range of the same name in Siskiyou County see Marble Mountains Siskiyou County 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 MountainsHighest pointElevation685 m 2 247 ft GeographyLocation of Marble Mountains in California 1 CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaDistrictSan Bernardino CountyRange coordinates34 36 56 983 N 115 33 44 967 W 34 61582861 N 115 56249083 W 34 61582861 115 56249083 Coordinates 34 36 56 983 N 115 33 44 967 W 34 61582861 N 115 56249083 W 34 61582861 115 56249083Topo mapUSGS Cadiz Contents 1 Geography 2 Geology 3 Wilderness 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesGeography EditThe 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 EditThe 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 skeletonsWilderness Edit An sign at the edge of Trilobite Wilderness Area 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 EditMojave Trails National Monument topics Mountain ranges of the Mojave DesertExternal links EditTrilobite Wilderness BLMReferences 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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marble Mountains San Bernardino County This San Bernardino County California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marble Mountains San Bernardino County amp oldid 1131179594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
