Usage:
Van Horn Sandstone (TX*)
Geologic age:
Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Van Horn, El Paso Co. [now in Hudspeth Co.], TX. Most complete section in red valley northwest of Van Horn, where about 500 ft exposed (Richardson, 1904).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*
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 ([ ]).