Mitsuhashi Granodiorite

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Mitsuhashi Granodiorite

Synonym: Mitsuhashi Granite

Type locality: Mitsuhashi, Shitara city, Kitashitara county, Aichi prefecture
Plutonic rocks
Late Cretaceus (84.1 - 83.8 Ma, CHIME)
Cooling: Late Cretaceous - Eocene (136.1 Ma, Rb-Sr; 93 - 71 Ma, K-Ar)
Intruded by: Mafic rocks, Busetsu Granite, Shitara Sills
Intruded in: Mafic rocks, Kamihara Tonalite, Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks

Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite granodiorite, Tonalite
Sedimentary structures: Foliated

Younger Roke Granitoids (Aichi)
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Busetsu Granite
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Shinshiro Tonalite
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Mitsuhashi Granodiorite / Mafic rocks
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Ryoke Belt
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Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks
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Younger Ryoke Granitoids
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Older Ryoke Granitoids
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mitsuhashi - Kurishima, Shitara city, Kitashitara county, Aichi pref.; Suganuma - Kiwada, Tsukude, Shinshiro city, Aichi pref.

Yamasaki (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.6, pp.421-431 DOI
Yamasaki and Ozaki (2012) Geology of the Asuke District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)