Reeds Spring Formation Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean Series |
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Type | Formation |
Underlies | Elsey Formation |
Overlies | Pierson Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Shale, chert |
Location | |
Region | Southwestern Missouri |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Reeds Spring, Stone County, Missouri |
Named by | Moore in 1928 |
The Reeds Spring Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.