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Nishimeya Granites Ozawa et al., 1983

• Type locality: Nishimata creek, Osawa river, Nishimeya city, Nakatsugaru county, Aomori prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (98.3, 80.7 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Andesite, Pegmatite, Aplite
• Intruded in: Osawagawa Formation

• Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite granodiorite, Hornblende biotite quartz diorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Hornblende biotite trondhiemite

• Distribution (East-West): 1.2 km
• Distribution (South-North): 1.8 km
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Fujikuragawa Formation)

• Distribution: Nishimata creek - Asahimata creek, Osawa river, Nishimeya city, Nakatsugaru county, Aomori pref.

• Ozawa et al. (1983) Geology of the Nakahama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 62p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)