Pg. 530, 715, 717. Chita sand member of Catahoula formation. Introduced to include the coarsely textured, and in places conglomeratic, basal sands of Catahoula formation exposed at Chita [Trinity County] and Corrigan [Polk County], eastern Texas. Kennedy named this sand Corrigan, and Dumble referred to it as Catahoula member of Corrigan formation. Since Dumble, Udden, Baker, and others have used Corrigan for whole Catahoula formation, it is confusing to use the name again in its original restricted sense, and it seems best to drop the name. Chita sand is 10 to 80 feet thick, has white, polished grains called "rice sands," and is in places solidly cemented to hard quartzite with siliceous cement. In most places it forms a persistent cuesta. Underlies Onalaska tuff member of Catahoula formation, and rests on Fayette formation. Age is Miocene(?) (early Miocene?).
Type locality: exposures along north-facing escarpment near Chita, Trinity Co., eastern TX.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 436).

Pg. 9 (columnar section), 13-14. Chita sand member of Catahoula formation. Basal member of Catahoula. Underlies Onalaska clay member. Thickness 10 to 80 feet. Age of Catahoula, as used in Texas and Louisiana, is still in question. Columnar section of field trip area [Brazos River Valley, eastern Texas] shows Oakville-Catahoula as Miocene.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 784).