Tanigawadake Body

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Tanigawadake Body (Photo)

Type locality: Mount Tanigawadake, Minakami city, Tone county Gunma prefecture - Yuzawa city, Minamiuonuma county, Niigata prefecture
Ultramafic rocks
Carboniferous - Permian?
Metamorphism: Cretaceous

Metamorphic facies: Contact (Anthophyllite, Tremolite)
Lithofacies: Serpentinite
Lithofacies (Minor): Amphibolite
Lithofacies (Protolith): Dunite, Harzburgite

Tanigawadake Belt
[ Upper ]
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Tanigawadake Body
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[ Lower ]

Joetsu Belt
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Katashina Belt
/--/--/--/--/-
Tanigawadake Belt
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

Sangun Metamorphic Belt
[ Young ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Renge Belt
/--/--/--/--/-
Suo Belt
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Old ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mount Tanigawadake, Minakami city, Tone county Gunma pref. - Yuzawa city, Minamiuonuma county, Niigata pref.

Chihara et al. (1981) Geology of the Echigo-Yuzawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 108p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)