Usage:
Haynesville Formation (AL*,AR*,FL*,LA*,MS*,TX*)
Haynesville Formation of Louark Group (subsurface of LA,TX)
Subunits:
Buckner Member (AL*,MS*,AR)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late*
Kimmeridgian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area (subsurface): wells in Haynesville oil field, Claiborne Co., northern LA (Goebel, 1950).
["Reference section"] (subsurface): Hunt Oil Company No. 1 well, in sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 7 W., Claiborne Parish, LA (Goebel, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkla basin*
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).