Directions: Mitchell’s map and directions to the site are misleading. The turn off Cadiz Rd is just before the 2nd curve where the road turns right to cross the railroad. From the parking area below the deposits, follow the trail left across the face, then around and up into the higher shale deposits on the left face about half way up the mountain. This is a steep hike. Also, this area is a great place to camp while exploring the Marble Mountains and the area around Amboy and old Rt 66, if you can sleep through the freight trains passing nearby at all hours of the night.
Date: February 2010
Notes: We were lucky to meet up with a professional fossil hunter at the site who had already removed the overburden at several promising shale deposits. He allowed us to work one while he worked another. After 5 hours of hard work, we brought down several nearly complete trilobite fossils of at least 2 species, some top and bottom split pairs. One specimen included a Cambrian worm-like creature.
Trail up to shale beds, Cadiz beyond
Trilobite fossil from Marble Mts
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