Usage:
Sparta Sand of Claiborne Group (AR*,KY*,LA*,MS*,TX*)
Sparta Formation of Claiborne Group (LA,TX)
Subunits:
Tyler Greensand Member (TX).
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date.
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin*
East Texas basin*
Arkla 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 ([ ]).