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Ukonom Lake is a reservoir in western Siskiyou County, California, located in the Marble Mountain Wilderness at an elevation of 6,060 feet (1,847 m). [1] [2] Covering 67 acres (27 ha), it is the largest body of water in the Marble Mountain Wilderness when measured by surface area; however, being relatively shallow, it is not the largest by volume.
The Marble Mountain Wilderness is a 241,744-acre (978.30 km 2) [3] wilderness area located 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Yreka, California, in the United States. It is managed by the United States Forest Service and is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County . [ 1 ]
The term "Marble Mountains" is commonly applied not only to the ridges of Marble Mountain and Black Marble Mountain themselves but as a name for the northwestern ranges of the Salmon Mountains. [ 3 ] The 242,500-acre (981 km 2 ) Marble Mountain Wilderness [ 4 ] is a forested area and contains 89 lakes stocked with trout.
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. In all, roughly 21 species of Cambrian invertebrates have been discovered in the area. [ 4 ]
The Trilobite Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Marble Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert in northeastern San Bernardino County, California.It is named for the large number of trilobite fossils that can be found within its boundaries.
Wooley Creek is a large stream in Siskiyou County, California, a tributary of the Salmon River.Wooley Creek flows 22 miles (35 km) [1] from Man Eaten Lake [2] in the Marble Mountain Wilderness of the Klamath National Forest, in a generally southwest direction, to its confluence with the Salmon River about 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream of the Salmon's confluence with the Klamath River at Somes Bar. [3]
Highest point; Elevation: 492 to 4,521 ft (150 to 1,378 m) [1] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Skamania County, Washington, United States: Parent range: Cascade Range [2]: Topo map: USGS Bare Mountain: Geology; Rock age: less than 700,000 years [1]: Mountain type: Volcanic field [3]: Volcanic arc: Cascade Volcanic Arc [2]: Last eruption: ~7,700 years BP [1]: Marble Mountain-Trout Creek ...
West Crater forms part of the Quaternary Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill volcanic field in southern Washington state, formed by small basaltic and basaltic andesite shield volcanoes and cinder cones. [2] This field encompasses an area of 12 miles (20 km), running from Marble Mountain to the area to the south of Trout Creek Hill. [2]