Cliff House Sandstone
| Cliff House Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian ~ | |
Cliff House Sandstone at Cliff House, Mesa Verde National Park | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Mesaverde Group |
| Sub-units | Barker Dome Tongue, Beechatuda Tongue, Chacra Tongue, Cholla Canyon Tongue, La Ventana Tongue, Ute Canyon Tongue |
| Underlies | Lewis Shale |
| Overlies | Menefee Formation |
| Thickness | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37°10′01″N 108°28′23″W / 37.167°N 108.473°W |
| Region | Colorado |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Mesa Verde National Park, San Juan Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cliff House, Mesa Verde National Park |
| Named by | A.J. Collier |
| Year defined | 1919 |
The Cliff House Sandstone is a late Campanian stratigraphic unit comprising sandstones in the western United States.