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Yoshidagawa Andesites

• Volcanic rocks
• Cretaceous
• Intruded by: Mizore Granite

• Lithofacies: Andesite lava, Pyroclastic rocks
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Mudstone, Tuff

• Thickness: ca. 200 m
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 6 km
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Eboshi Volcanic Rocks)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Hida Gaien Belt, Sakamototoge Unit)

• Distribution: Mizore - Sakamototoge pass, Gujo city, Gifu pref.; Matsutani valley, Kiyomi town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

• Kawada et al. (1988) Geology of the Hagiwara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 82p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)