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Tottori Granite

Synonym: Ogamo Granite

• Type locality: Tottori prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Paleogene (64 - 57 Ma, K-Ar; 65 Ma, Rb-Sr)
• Intruded by: Diabase dikes
• Intruded in: Yadagawa Group, Hanabara Complex, Tsunotani Formation, Shitani Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Batholith
• Lithofacies: Biotite granite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Aplite

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Koge Conglomerate Member, Kawabara Volcanic Member, Teragi Group)

• Distribution: Ogamogawa river - Kogawa river - Agei - Kurayoshi - Sekigane - Mount Takashiroyama - Kamiyodo, Kurayoshi city, Tottori pref.; Yonesato, Hokuei city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.; Kisaichigawa river - Ichiba, Hazu city, Yazu conty, Tottori pref.; Fukurogawa river, Tottori city, Tottori pref.; Teragi, Shinonsen city, Mikata county, Hyogo pref.

• Utada (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.5, pp.231-245 DOI
• Uemura et al. (1979) Geology of the Wakasa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Murayama et al. (1963) Tottorihokubu & Tottorinambu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)