Usage:
Hosston Formation (AL,AR*,FL,LA*,MS*,TX*)
Hosston Formation of Nuevo Leon Group (LA,MS,TX)
Hosston Formation of Trinity Group (LA,TX)
Hosston Member of Travis Peak Formation of Trinity Group (TX)
[?] Hosston Formation of Durango Group (LA)
Subunits:
informal C, B, and Booth sandstones (MS).
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Coahuilan Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Dixie Oil Company Robertshaw No. 92 (Dillion No. 92), in sec. 13, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., Caddo Parish, LA. Named from town of Hosston located about 7 mi north of top of Pine Island anticline (Imlay, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkla basin*
Gulf Coast basin*
Mid-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 ([ ]).