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Kenbi Granite Tainosho et al., 1983

Possibly the same mass as Amabiki Granite

• Type locality: Mount Kenbiyama, Nose city, Toyono county, Osaka prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (72.7 Ma, K-Ar; 79.2 Ma, FT)
• Intruded by: Felsic rock dykes, Granophyre dykes
• Intruded in: Rurikei Formation, Shiroyama Complex

• Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Biotite hornblende clinopyroxene diorite

• Distribution (East - West): ca. 11.5 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 5.5 km

• Distribution: Mount Kenbiyama - Kuragaki - Mount Owadayama, Nose city, Toyono county, Osaka pref.; Sugio, Inagawa city, Kawabe county, Hyogo pref.; Dongahata - Hirono, Hatano town, Kameoka city, Kyoto pref.; Lake Tsutenko, Sonobe city, Nantan city, Kyoto pref.

• Matsuura et al. (1995) Geology of the Hirone District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 110p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• 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.)