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Kuratani Metamorphic Rocks Nagamori et al., 2010

Invalid synonym: Himekawa Metamorphic Rocks

• Type locality: the left bank of Himekawa river, Negoya, Itoigawa city, Niigata prefecture
• Regional metamorphic rocks
• Blocks in Mushikawa Formation surrounded by faults.
• Metamorphism: early Permian (274 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Biotite tonalite, Andesite dikes

• Sedimentary facies: Metamorphosed plutonic complex
• Lithofacies: Amphibole-bearing schist
• Lithofacies (Minor): Biotite schist, Gabbro, Tonalite, Quartz diorite

• Distribution: a few m x 100 m - 300 m x 2 km

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• Distribution: Negoya - Osawa, Itoigawa city, Niigata pref.

• Nagamori et al. (2018) Geology of the Itoigawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 75p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Nagamori et al. (2010) Geology of the Kotaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Takeuchi et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, Supplement, pp.123-142 DOI