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Kamihirose Formation
- Type locality: Ajime bridge, Kamihirose, Kokufu town, Takayama city, Gifu prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Carboniferous
- Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Arakigawa Formation
- Intruded by: Hirose Granite
- Lithofacies: Conglomerate, Mafic tuff, Tuff breccia, Scoriaceous lapilli tuff, Sandy tuff, Sandstone, Sandy mudstone
- Lithofacies (Minor): Limestone, Calcareous sandstone, Mudstone
- Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding
- Thickness: 300 m or thicker
- Distribution (Width): ca. 2 km
- Distribution (Length): ca. 6 km or more
- Upper limit: Conformity (Moribu Formation), Unconformity (Kosobora Andesite)
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kamihirose, Kokufu town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Kosobora, Kamigiri town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Kohachigagawa river - Miyachi - Kashihara - Murayama, Nyukawa town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.
- Nozawa et al. (1975) Geology of the Hida-Furukawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
- Isomi and Nozawa (1957) Funatsu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 43p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)