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Hiei Granite
Invalid synonym: Kitashirakawa Granite, Yamanaka Granite, Hiei Granite
- Plutonic rocks
- Late Cretaceous (97 - 95 Ma; ca. 72 Ma, Reset age?)
- Intruded in: Tanba Belt
- Lithofacies (Center): Porphyritic biotite granite
- Lithofacies (Margin): Equigranular biotite granite
- Distribution (East-West): ca. 6 km
- Distribution (North-South): ca. 5 - 7 km
- Sanyo Belt (Shiga)
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- Hiei Granite
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Mount Hiei - Mount Daimonji, Otsu city, Shiga pref. - Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.
- Deposits: Heat source of Gobessho skarn deposit
- Collaborative Research Group for the Granites around Lake Biwa (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.2, pp.53-69 DOI