Point Lookout Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
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°18′58″N 108°25′08″W / 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 |
The Point Lookout Sandstone is a Cretaceous bedrock formation occurring in New Mexico and Colorado.