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Nojiro Granite (Hattori et al., 1983) Kano et al., 1998

Invalid synonym: Nojiro Mass

• Type locality: Nojiro, Oda city, Shimane prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Paleogene (56.1 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Ijimi Granite, Quartz porphyry dikes, Microdiorite dikes
• Intruded in: Satsume Volcanic Rocks

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Quartz diorite, Tonalite, Granophyre

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kuri Formation)

• Distribution: Nojiro - Oda town - Tomiyama town - Yamaguchi town - Sanbe town, Oda city, Shimane pref.; Takatsuyagawa river - Takatsuya - Kubota - Kezuhongo - Kanbata - Yawatahara - Kuratani - Nakagumi, Izumo city, Shimane pref.

• Kano et al. (1998) Geology of the Iwami-Oda and Oura District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)