Usage:
Hensell Sand Member of Glen Rose Formation of Trinity Group (TX)
Hensell Sand Member of Shingle Hills Formation of Trinity Group (TX)
Hensell Sand of Trinity Group (TX*-surface)
Hensell Sand Member of Travis Peak Formation of Trinity Group (TX*-surface)
Hensell Sand Member of Pearsall Formation
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
"Hensell sands ... are beautifully displayed in the banks of Cow Creek, in the neighborhood of Mr. Hensell's place at Travis Peak post-office." (citing Hill, 1901, p. 143).
AAPG geologic province:
Ouachita folded belt*
Kerr 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 ([ ]).