Pueblo sandstone

Description

A soft, gray, fine-grain sandstone quarried along Turkey Creek near Pueblo, Colorado. Pueblo sandstone can also be white with pale gray veins. It is used for exterior and interior building construction.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Turkey Creek sandstone

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925