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Anagedani Formation Harayama, 1978

• Type locality: Anagedani valley, Okuhidaonsengo, Takayama city, Gifu prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (56.3 Ma, K-Ar, 63.1 Ma, FT)
• Correlation: Kitakama Body

• Lithofacies (Upper): Rhyolite tuff
• Lithofacies (Lower): Breccia, Biotite pyroxene hornblende rhyolite welded tuff, Hyaloclastite

• Thickness: ca. 200 - 1,400 m
• Thickness (Bottom): 0 - 100 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Kasagatakesancho Welded Tuff)
• Lower limit: Conformity (Kasadani Formation), Unconformity (Kanakido Tonalite)

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

• Distribution: Anagedani valley - Chichibudaira - Uchikomidani valley - Mount Kasagatake - Mount Nukedodake - Hidarimatadani valley - Mount Nakasakisan - Mount Shimomaruyama - Mount Shakujodake - Okibanotsuji, Okuhidaonsengo, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

• Harayama et al. (1991) Geology of the Yarigatake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 190p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Harayama (1990) Geology of the Kamikochi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 175p. (in Japanese with English abstract 11p.)