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Hofu Granite

Synonym: Hofu Batholith

• Type locality: Hofu city, Yamaguchi prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (95 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded in: Nishiki Group, Miyano Formation, Suo Metamorphic Rock, Kanmon Group, Shunan Group, Abu Group, Niho Plutonic Complex

• Lithofacies: Ilmenite series
• Lithofacies: Coarse-grained granite, Medium-grained granite, Granodiorite, Porphyritic granite, Fine-grained granite

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

• Distribution: Yamaguchi city - Hofu city -Ube city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution (Fine-grained granite): Mount Yahazugadake, Hofu city, Yamaguchi pref.; Aio, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution (Porphyritic granite): Mount Shiraishi, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution (Granodiorite): Mount Yahazugadake - Mount Ohira - Edomari - Mukoshima, Nishiura, Hofu city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution (Medium-grained granite): Sanami river - Niho-Shimogo, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution (Coarse-grained granite): Mount Ryogonji, Hofu city, Yamaguchi pref.; Aio, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.

• Aiyama and Kanaori (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.7, pp.555-570 DOI
• Imaoka et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.12, pp.782-800 DOI