Point Lookout Sandstone
The Point Lookout Sandstone is a Cretaceous bedrock formation occurring in New Mexico and Colorado.
| Point Lookout Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Point Lookout, Mesa Verde National Park | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Mesaverde Group |
| Sub-units | Hosta Tongue |
| Underlies | Menefee Formation |
| Overlies | Crevasse Canyon Formation |
| Thickness | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37.316°N 108.419°W |
| Region | Paradox Basin, San Juan Basin |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Point Lookout |
| Named by | A. J. Collier |
| Year defined | 1919 |
Point Lookout Sandstone (the United States) Point Lookout Sandstone (Colorado) | |
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