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Tottori Granite

Synonym: Ogamo Granite

• Type locality: Tottori prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Paleogene
• Intruded by: Diabase dikes

• Sedimentary facies: Batholith
• Lithofacies: Biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Aplite

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Teragi Group)

• Distribution: Ogamogawa river - Kogawa river - Agei - Kurayoshi - Sekigane - Mount Takashiroyama - Kamiyodo, Kurayoshi city, Tottori pref.; Yonesato, Hokuei city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.; Teragi, Shinonsen city, Mikata county, Hyogo pref.

• Utada (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.5, pp.231-245 DOI
• Murayama et al. (1963) Tottorihokubu & Tottorinambu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)