Kure Granite

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Kure Granite Higashimoto et al., 1985

Type locality: Kure city, Hiroshima prefecture
Plutonic rocks
Late Cretaceous (89.0 - 79.7 Ma, K-Ar)
Correlation (Same pluton): Yasakakyo Granite
Intruded by: Syenite dikes, Granite porphyry dikes, Granodiorite porphyry dikes, Felsic rock dikes, Diorite porphyry dikes
Intruded in: Kuga Group, Ondo Granodiorite, Etajima Granodiorite, Takada Rhyolites

Lithofacies: Biotite granodiorite
Lithofacies (Minor): Hornblende-bearing biotite granodiorite, Mylonite

Hiroshima Granites (Kure, Hiroshima pref.)
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Kure Granite
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Nigata Granodiorite
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Ondo Granodiorite
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Miyazakari Granite
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Ojizo Granite
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Hiroshima Granites (Etajima, Hiroshima pref.)
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Kure Granite
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Etajima Granodiorite
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Ondo Granodiorite
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Sanyo Belt (Hiroshima)
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Hiroshima Granites
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Etajima city - Hiroshima city, Hiroshima pref.; Kudoshi - Ato - Nikokyo valley - Mount Mitsumine - Aga town - Mount Ozorayama - Naeshiro town - Watarigawa - Oyama town - Nabetsuchitoge pass - Mount Iwayama - Koyo, Kure city, Hirosihma pref.; Ono - Itsukushima island, Hatsukaichi city, Hiroshima pref.; Mount Ishidakeyama, Higashihiroshima city, Hiroshima pref.; Ueda - Mizushiri - Koyaura, Saka city, Aki county, Hiroshima pref.

Matsuura et al. (1999) Geology of the Itsuku Shima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 37p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
Higashimoto et al. (1985) Geology of the Kure District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)