Geologic Unit: Cliff House

Usage:

Cliff House Sandstone of Mesaverde Group (CO*,NM*)

Subunits:

(alphabetical): Barker Dome Tongue (CO,NM*), Beechatuda Tongue (NM), Chacra Tongue (NM), Cholla Canyon Tongue (NM), La Ventana Tongue (NM*), Ute Canyon Tongue (NM*).

Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous*

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from exposures in canyons about Cliff House in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma Co., CO (Collier, 1919).

AAPG geologic province:

Paradox basin*
San Juan basin*