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Hirose Granite

• Plutonic rocks
• Collision type metamorphism by the subduction of Yangtze plate under Sino-Korea plate
• Metamorphism: Permian - Triassic
• Intruded in: Kamihirose Formation

• Lithofacies: Hornblende granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Diorite, Tonalite

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Kamihirose - Nukazuka, Kokufu town, Takyama city, Gifu pref.; Miyagawa river - Arakigawa river, Furukawa town, Hida 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.)