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Minakamiyama Volcanics Iijima and Saito, 1968

• Type locality: Mount Minakami, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Lava dome
• Pliocene - Pleistocene (0.35 Ma, K-Ar)

• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing augite hypersthene andesite lava

• Thickness: ca. 400 m
• Distribution (Height): ca. 250 m
• Distribution (Diameter): ca. 1.2 km
• Upper limit: Alluvial fan deposit

• Distribution: Mount Minakami, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano pref.

• Kato and Akahane (1986) Geology of the Nagano District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 120p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)