Pg. 5, 9. Reserve shale. Middle member of Falls City limestone formation of Admire group. Is blue-gray, argillaceous, and about 4.5 feet thick. Underlies Lehmer limestone member and overlies Miles limestone member. Age is considered Permian (lower part of Big Blue).
Type locality: in upland near State line, northwest of Reserve, [Brown Co.], northeastern KS.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1799); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.
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