Mitsuo Formation

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Mitsuo Complex Kuriyama et al., 1993

Type locality: Sanaka dam - Sanakatoge pass, Tambasasayama city - Mount Mitsuosan, Tamba city, Hyogo prefecture
Accretionary complex
Deposition (Chert): early - middle Permian, Early - Middle Triassic
Deposition (Shale): Middle Jurassic
Accretion: Jurassic
Correlation: Natasho Complex, Haiya Complex, Koganegadake Unit, Wachi Complex, Ashibuchi Complex, lowest Minoo Complex, Karatogoe Complex

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Chert, Shale
Lithofacies (Minor): Greenstones

Thickness: 770 m
Distribution (South - North): 0.5 - 1.5 km

Tamba Belt (Sasayama, Hyogo pref.)
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Takashiroyama Formation
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Fujioka Complex
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Sanaka Complex
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Mitsuo Complex
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Kuroi Complex
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Tamba Belt (Tannan, Hyogo pref.)
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Takashiroyama Formation
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Jonan Complex
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Furuichi Complex
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Mitsuo Complex
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Kuroi Complex
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Sanaka dam - Sanakatoge pass - Mount Mitake, Tambasasayama city, Hyogo pref.; Mount Mitsuosan, Tamba city, Hyogo pref.; Inuoka, Hikami town, Tamba city, Hyogo pref.
Fossils: Conodonts
Fossils (Radiolarians): Eucyrtidiellum sp., Pseudoalbaillella sp., Tricolocapsa? cf. fusiformis, Stichocapsa sp., Zartus? sp.

Kurimoto et al. (1993) Geology of the Sasayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)