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Amabiki Granite

Possibly the same mass as Kenbi Granite

• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous
• Intruded by: Felsic rock dikes, Granophyre dikes
• Intruded in: Tamba Belt

• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing biotite granite

• Distribution (East - West): ca. 3 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 0.5 km

• Distribution: Amabiki - Minamihatta, Sonobe town, Nantan city, Kyoto pref.

• Imoto et al. (1991) Geology of the Sonobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)