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Garameki Formation Nomura et al., 1990

• Type locality: ca. 780 m - 970 m above sea level of Kurinoki creek, Harunashirakawa river, Misato town, Takasaki city, Gunma prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Miocene (8.14 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Somayama Lava

• Lithofacies: Orthopyroxene clinopyroxene andesite volcanic breccia
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tuff, Lava

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Older Haruna Volcanic Products, Somayama Lava)

• Distribution: ca. 780 m - 970 m above sea level of Kurinoki creek, Harunashirakawa river, Misato town, Takasaki city, Gunma pref.

• Geshi and Takeuchi (2012) Geology of the Haruna San District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)