Kurobebessan Granite

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Kurobebessan Granite Harayama et al., 2000

Plutonic rocks
early Pliocene (7 Ma, K-Ar)
Intruded by: Jujikyo Diorite, Kurobegawa Granite
Intruded in: Kitamatadani Granodiorite, Kekachidake Granite, Okumayama Granodiorite, Hashigodannokkoshi Metamorphic Rocks

Lithofacies: Granite

Distribution (East - West): ca. 4 km
Distribution (South - North): 15 km

Kurobebessan Granite (East)
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Shiaidan type
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Kurobebessan Granite (West)
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Kuranosukedan type
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Lake Kurobe - Mount Kurobebessan - Mount Maruyama - Tsurugisawa creek - Gando ridge, Tateyama city, Nakaniikawa county, Toyama pref.; Sennindani valley - Oriodani valley - Shiaidan valley - Keyakidaira, Kurobe city, Toyama pref.

Harayama et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, Supplement, pp.63-81 DOI
Harayama et al. (2000) Geology of the Tateyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 218p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)