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Kunimiyama Andesite Kitamura and Tani, 1953

• Type locality: Mount Kunimi, Koromogawa, Oshu city, Iwate prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Lithofacies: Hypersthene augite andesite lava, Tuff breccia, Volcanic breccia
• Lithofacies (Minor): Lapilli tuff, Tuff, Tuffaceous sandstone

• Thickness: ca. 200 - 400 m
• Lower limit: Interfingered (Motohata Formation, Odaira Formation), Unconformity (Tsunatori Formation, Hishinai Formation, Kosamuzawa Tuff Member, Orose Formation, Ichinonohara Tuff Member, Mizuyama Formation)

• Distribution: Mount Kunimi - Mount Nagatsuka - Mount Takahino - Mount Takakura - Mount Kazakura - Mount Takate - Suzugamori - Mount Nabekura, Oshu city, Iwate pref.

• Ozawa et al. (1971) Geology of the Kawashiri District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 40p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kitamura (1965) Yakeishi-dake, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 40p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)