Hashigami granitic mass, one of the Cretaceous granitic intrusives in Kitakami mountains, is divided into three rock types on the basis of observation in the field and under the microscope. Three types are named Hashigamidake, Waza and Akedo, in order of intrusion. In the three types of them, the former two contain both biotite and hornblende, however the last one does biotite only. Rocks of the all types are tonalite or granodiorite.
Fifteen rocks, five hornblendes and five biotites from the mass were analysed chemically. These results show that Si0
2 content and Na
2O/K
2O ratio of each rock type increase in order of intrusion. In comparison with the average atomic ratio of hornblende coexisting with biotite in calc-alkaline granities from the world, hornblendes of the mass contain a little higher Al
IV, Ti and Na, suggesting slightly higher content of edenite and titanoamphibole moles. The distribution coefficients of Mg-Fe
2+ between biotite and hornblende eliminated influence of compositional dependence show evident difference between Hashigamidake and Waza types suggesting that there is difference in temperature and/or pressure conditions between the two types.
The Hashigami granites have many similarities with the Iwaizumi granites in the field and microscopic characteristics as well as the features on petrochemistry and mineral chemistry. These many similarities probably reflect the resemblance in mechanism of intrusion and solidification of the magma in addition to the origin of it. Presence of cumulate of biotite in both two masses supports the possibility that the rocks containing extraordinarily low K
2O are originated from elimination of biotite from the magma of ordinary composition.
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