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Minejiyama volcano Isshiki, 1987

Invalid synonym: Mineji Lava

• Type locality: Mount Minejiyama, Niijima island, Niijima city, Tokyo
• Volcanic rocks
• Monogenetic volcano
• Pleistocene (older than 11,970 yBP, ¹⁴C)

• Sedimentary facies: Lava dome
• Lithofacies: Hypersthene hornblende cummingtonite rhyolite lava

• Distribution (South - North): 1 km
• Distribution (East - West): 1 km
• Distribution (Height): 100 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Akazakinomine volcano, Mukaiyama volcano)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Shimawakezawa Volcaniclastic Deposits)

• Distribution: Mount Minejiyama, Niijima island, Niijima city, Tokyo

• Isshiki (1987) Geology of the Nii Jima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 85p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)