The Marble Mountains are a mountain range in San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Geography

The Marble Mountains are located just north of Cadiz, California

Cadiz, California

Cadiz is a small unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. It is located just south of the Marble Mountains near the National Trails Highway. Cadiz is home to a former railroad stop, and is situated at 34° 31' 12" North latitude and 115° 30' 43" West...

, and are south of Bristol Dry Lake

Bristol Dry Lake

Bristol Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, northeast of Twentynine Palms.Bristol Lake is located directly south of Amboy, California and U.S. Route 66, and is north of Cadiz, California...

 and Amboy, California

Amboy, California

Amboy is an unincorporated town in San Bernardino County, in California's Mojave Desert, west of Needles and east of Ludlow on historic Route 66. It is roughly 60 miles northeast of Twentynine Palms.-Geography:...

. The Old Woman Mountains

Old Woman Mountains

The Old Woman Mountains are located south of the town of Essex, California, and north of Danby Dry Lake. The range reaches an elevation of at the northeastern end , and lies in San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert.-Geography:...

 are to the east, and Bullion Mountains

Bullion Mountains

The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of California southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms....

 to the west. The Sheep Hole Mountains

Sheep Hole Mountains

The Sheep Hole Mountains are in the Mojave Desert, to the north of Joshua Tree National Park, in San Bernardino County, California.The range lies between the Bullion Mountains to the west, and the Coxcomb Mountains to the east...

 and Twentynine Palms, California

Twentynine Palms, California

Twentynine Palms is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It was previously called Twenty-Nine Palms...

 are to the southeast.

Geology

The Marble Mountains contain excellent exposures of Paleozoic

Paleozoic

The Paleozoic era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from roughly...

 sedimentary rocks and are a popular location for collecting trilobite

Trilobite

Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...

 fossils.

See also

• Category: Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert