Point Lookout Sandstone

Point Lookout Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Upper Cretaceous
Point Lookout, Mesa Verde National Park
TypeFormation
Unit ofMesaverde Group
Sub-unitsHosta Tongue
UnderliesMenefee Formation
OverliesCrevasse Canyon Formation
Thickness300 ft (91 m)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale
Location
Coordinates37°18′58″N 108°25′08″W / 37.316°N 108.419°W / 37.316; -108.419
RegionParadox Basin, San Juan Basin
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forPoint Lookout
Named byA. J. Collier
Year defined1919
Point Lookout Sandstone is located in the United States
Point Lookout Sandstone
Point Lookout Sandstone (the United States)
Point Lookout Sandstone is located in Colorado
Point Lookout Sandstone
Point Lookout Sandstone (Colorado)
Stratigraphic section of formations exposed at the surface, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (USGS).

The Point Lookout Sandstone is a Cretaceous bedrock formation occurring in New Mexico and Colorado.