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Hiyodori Granite Kano et al., 1991

• Type locality: Hiyodori, Daito town, Unnan city, Shimane prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• late Paleocene (60 - 43 Ma, K-Ar)
• Correlation: Onbara Granite
• Intruded by: Microdiorite dikes, Hornblende biotite dikes, Rhyolite dikes
• Intruded in: Kamishima Volcanic Rocks, Daito Granodiorite, Yakumo Volcanic Rocks, Kamiito Metamorphic Rocks

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite, Aplite
• Lithofacies (Marginal facies): Hornblende biotite granite, Granite porphyry

• Distribution (Width): 2 - 3 km
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kawai Formation)

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Hiyodori - Otake - Mount Ohirayama - Yamaodani - Kanbara - Nakaya, Unnan city, Shimane pref.; Agu - Imaichi town, Izumo city, Shimane pref.; Saso - Kamikimachi - Hakuishi - Ichihara - Kumano - Bessho, Shinji town, Matsue city, Shimane pref.
• Deposit: Cu, Mo

• Kano (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.10, pp.781-803 DOI
• Kano et al. (1994) Geology of the Matsue District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 126p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kano et al. (1991) Geology of the Imaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)