Marble Cave Oregon

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Marble cave oregon.

Discover the marble halls of oregon. As with the more common limestone caves marble caves are usually formed as slightly acidic rainwater wears its way through the calcite of which the rocks are made. Oregon caves national monument and preserve. The marble caves of oregon were formed when acidic rainwater fell on the mountainous forests and dissolved the marble rock below the surface.

The park offers hiking camping dining and wildlife viewing but one of its most popular features is the marble cave. To experience the caves today is to explore a part of the world preserved from the time of its first discovery in the late 19 th century. The oregon caves national monument preserve covers 4 554 acres in the siskiyou mountains of southeastern oregon. The 4 554 acre 1 843 ha park including the marble cave is 20 miles 32 km east of cave junction on oregon route 46 the protected area managed by the national park service nps is in southwestern josephine county near the oregon california.

Oregon caves has passageways that total about 15 000 feet in length and represent one of the few cave systems in the united states to be formed in marble.