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Mitsmori Granite (Yoshida, 1961) Matsuura, 1990

• Type locality (Granite): Mitsumori, Miyoshi city, Hiroshima prefecture
• Type locality (Diorite): Sunaidani, Miyoshi city, Hiroshima prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Eocene
• Intruded in: Hasumi Formation, Shinzojiyama Rhyolites, Takada Rhyolites

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Hornblende biotite granite, Granite porphyry, Granophyre, Aplite, Clinopyroxene hornblende quartz diorite, Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene hornblende diorite

• Distribution (East - West): ca. 24 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 6 km
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Bihoku Group, Kotachi Gravel Bed)

• Distribution: Mitsumori - Sunaidani - Moriyamanaka - Okamibuchi - Sennichi - Norimatsu - Takanoko - Obatake - Minato - Funo - Kimita, Miyoshi city, Hiroshima pref.; Miyauchi, Shobara city, Hiroshima pref.; Aoyama, Onan city, Ochi county, Shimane pref.

• Matsuura (1990) Geology of the Akana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 73p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)