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Chizu Granite

• Type locality: Chizu station, Chizu city, Yazu county, Tottori prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Mesozoic
• Intruded in: Nishiuzuka Granophyre, Donishikitoge Gabbro

• Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Augite-bearing hornblende biotite granodiorite, Hornblende-bearing biotite adamellite, Hornblende biotite granodiorite

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kuroiwa Basalt Lava)

• Distribution: Chizu station, Chizu city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.; Donishikitoge pass, Tottori pref. - Okayama pref.; Mimasakakamo station - Kuretoko - Dogahara - Okuda, Kamo town, Tsuyama city, Okayama pref.; Kamisaibara, Kagamino city, Tomata county, Okayama pref.

• Yamada (1966) Chizu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 11p.)