Reeds Spring Formation

Reeds Spring Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean Series
TypeFormation
UnderliesElsey Formation
OverliesPierson Formation[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherShale, chert[2]
Location
RegionSouthwestern Missouri[2]
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forReeds Spring, Stone County, Missouri
Named byMoore in 1928[1]

The Reeds Spring Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 237-8
  2. ^ a b Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, p. 63