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Hiei Granite

Invalid synonym: Kitashirakawa Granite, Yamanaka Granite, Hiei Granite

• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (97 - 95 Ma; ca. 72 Ma, Reset age?)
• Intruded in: Tanba Belt

• Lithofacies: Ilmenite series
• Lithofacies (Center): Porphyritic biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Margin): Equigranular biotite granite

• Distribution (East-West): ca. 6 km
• Distribution (North-South): ca. 5 - 7 km

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Mount Hieizan - Mount Daimonjiyama - Mount Nyoigatake, Otsu city, Shiga pref. - Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Mount Mitsuishidake - Mount Hachiojiyama, Otsu city, Shiga pref.
• Deposits: Heat source of Gobessho skarn deposit

• Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Collaborative Research Group for the Granites around Lake Biwa (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.2, pp.53-69 DOI
• Kimura et al. (1998) Geology of the Kyoto-Tohokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)