The Point Lookout Sandstone is a Cretaceous bedrock formation occurring in New Mexico and Colorado.
The lower is a sequence of thinly bedded sandstone and shale,[1] while the upper is a massive medium- to fine-grained cross-bedded sandstone, light gray to buff in color, that is a conspicuous cliff-forming unit.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.
[4] Exposures of the Point Lookout Sandstone at Apache Mesa in New Mexico contain heavy mineral deposits, rich in titanium, zirconium, rare earth elements, and other valuable metals.
[5] The sandstone was first described by A. J. Collier for exposures in cliffs at Point Lookout, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, in the Paradox Basin,[6] and later described by Allen and Balk in 1954 as part of the Mesaverde Group in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico.