Geology and Re-Os Geochronology of Mineralization of the Miduk Porphyry Copper Deposit, Iran

The Miduk porphyry copper deposit is located in Kerman province, 85 km northwest of the Sar Cheshmeh porphyry copper deposit, Iran. The deposit is hosted by Eocene volcanic rocks of andesitic–basaltic composition. The porphyry‐type mineralization is associated with two Miocene calc‐alkaline intrusive phases (P1 and P2, respectively). Five hypogene alteration zones are distinguished at the Miduk deposit, including magnetite‐rich potassic, potassic, potassic–phyllic, phyllic and propylitic. Mineralization occurs as stockwork, dissemination and nine generations (magnetite, quartz–magnetite, barren quartz, quartz‐magnetite‐chalcopyrite‐anhydrite, chalcopyrite–anhydrite, quartz‐chalcopyrite‐anhydrite‐pyrite, quartz‐molybdenite‐anhydrite ± chalcopyrite ± magnetite, pyrite, and quartz‐pyrite‐anhydrite ± sericite) of veinlets and veins. Early stages of mineralization consist of magnetite rich veins in the deepest part of the deposit and the main stage of mineralization contains chalcopyrite, magnetite and anhydrite in the potassic zone. The high intensity of mineralization is associated with P2 porphyry (Miduk porphyry). Based on petrography, mineralogy, alteration halos and geochemistry, the Miduk porphyry copper deposit is similar to those of continental arc setting porphyry copper deposits. The Re‐Os molybdenite dates provide the timing of sulfide mineralization at 12.23 ± 0.07 Ma, coincident with U/Pb zircon ages of the P2 porphyry. This evidence indicates a direct genetic relationship between the Miduk porphyry stock and molybdenite mineralization. The Re‐Os age of the Miduk deposit marks the main stage of magmatism and porphyry copper formation in the Central Iranian volcano‐plutonic belt.     

Molybdenite Mineralization and Re‐Os Geochronology of the Escondida and Escondida Norte Porphyry Deposits,Northern Chile

Molybdenum is an economically important subproduct of North Chilean porphyry‐type deposits, and thus spatial and temporal distribution of molybdenite as the primary Mo‐bearing mineral in the Escondida and Escondida Norte deposits were characterized using several mineralogical and chemical techniques and the Re‐Os dating method. Molybdenum is distributed extensively in the two deposits, and high molybdenum concentrations (>500 ppm) are recognized particularly in the chlorite‐sericite transitional zone between the potassic and sericitic zones. Two modes of occurrence of molybdenite are observed in the Escondida deposit: aggregates with Cu‐Fe‐sulfide minerals in fine veinlets (sulfide‐veinlet type), and monomineralic microveinlets associated with NE‐trending faults. The former and the latter yielded ages of 36.1 ± 0.2 Ma and 35.2 ± 0.2 Ma, respectively. Re‐Os dating of Escondida Norte molybdenites also show two distinct episodes, at 37.7 ± 0.3 Ma and a younger episode at 36.6 ± 0.2 Ma. These data indicate that the Escondida Norte is older than the main Escondida deposit. The Re‐Os age data combined with those of the porphyry emplacement suggest that the molybdenite mineralization in the Escondida district occurred as several short episodic pulses during the late‐magmatic to hydrothermal transition, and that the Cu‐Mo deposits were formed in a variable overall period spanning 1 to 5 m.y.     

Molybdenum mineralization in the ores of the Tigriny tin deposit (Primorye,Russia)

The molybdenum mineralization at the Tigriny tin deposit is considered for the first time in the light of possible recovery of Mo as a by-product of selective mining. It is established that Mo has a positive correlation with Bi and does not show a correlation with Sn, W, or Zn. The highest Mo grade (>0.1%) in the ore stockwork is related to hornfels near the exposed granite porphyry stock and decreases downward by an order of magnitude. At the level of adit 5, the most numerous quartz-molybdenite veinlets develop at a distance of 50–100 m from the granite porphyry stock. The molybdenite-quartz, pegmatoid, and autogreisen generations of molybdenum mineralization are related to different substages of the first ore stage. All these generations predated crystallization of wolframite, cassiterite, and other ore minerals. The formation temperature for each molybdenite generation was determined by homogenization of fluid inclusions in quartz and decrepitation of samples characterizing each molybdenite-bearing assemblage. These data allowed us not only to estimate the crystallization temperature of each molybdenite generation but also to establish that the molybdenite crystallized from a pneumatolytic-hydrothermal melt-solution at the early stage of the deposit formation. The molybdenum mineralization is genetically related to the granite porphyry stock. The structure of the quartz-molybdenum stockwork was studied to determine the clusters of quartz-molybdenite veinlets and establish their orientation. Molybdenite 1 occurs in variably oriented veinlets that make up a stockwork around the apical portion of the porphyry stock. Disseminations and pockets of molybdenites 2 and 3 are hosted in pegmatoid rocks, greisen, and greisenized granite porphyry. The density of the Tigriny stockwork varies from 0 to 40–50 quartz-molybdenite veinlets per 5 m. Their orientation and spatial distribution were studied in quantitative terms. The most promising targets for selective mining of molybdenite from the Tigriny deposit are the framework of the Minor porphyry stock and the apical portion of the Main stock. The Tigriny deposit demonstrates a clear relationship between ore formation and granitic magmatism.     

江西省武功山地区浒坑钨矿床的Re-Os年龄及其地质意义

浒坑钨矿床是位于江西省中部武功山成矿带的大型石英脉型黑钨矿床。为了确定该矿床的成矿时代,笔者选取了浒坑含钨石英脉中与黑钨矿共生的辉钼矿进行了高精度Re-Os同位素定年,并获得5个辉钼矿样品的Re-Os等时线年龄和模式加权平均年龄分别为150.2±2.2Ma和149.82±0.92Ma。测年数据表明浒坑钨矿床的成矿时代为150Ma左右,是华南地区中生代大规模成岩成矿作用高峰期的产物。辉钼矿含铼较低,表明成矿物质可能来自壳源,与形成浒坑花岗岩体的燕山期重熔S型花岗岩岩浆活动有关。该矿床形成于燕山期岩石圈伸展减薄环境。     

东秦岭地区钼矿床中辉钼矿的铼含量及多型特征

辉钼矿是铼的最主要载体矿物。研究表明,东秦岭地区不同类型钼矿床中,辉钼矿的Re平均含量多为10—20ppm,其中仅黄龙铺碳酸岩脉型钼(铅)矿床的辉钼矿平均含Re高达152.5ppm。尽管辉钼矿中的铼含量有变化,但均呈类质同象取代钼而存在。同时,这些矿床辉钼矿的铼含量差异,主要取决于成矿热流体中原始铼含量。辉钼矿多型有2H型和2H+3R混合型。铼含量和成矿温度对辉钼矿多型没有影响,故辉钼矿多型对于钼矿床类型没有标型意义。     

陕西洛南县石家湾钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及地质意义

陕西石家湾钼矿床位于东秦岭成矿带西段黄龙铺地区,钼矿化呈细脉-网脉状分布于花岗斑岩体及其围岩中,与矿化有关的围岩蚀变有钾长石化、硅化、绢云母化,属斑岩型矿床.在矿床中选取不同矿化类型的辉钼矿样品,进行了Re～Os同位素定年,获得模式年龄变化范围为143.1±2.1～145.1±2.2 Ma之间,其加权平均年龄(144.0±1.1 Ma,MSWD=0.91)、等时线年龄(145.4±2.1 Ma,MSWD=0.83)与石家湾斑岩体的成岩年龄(141.4±0.6Ma)相近,说明成岩成矿作用发生在晚侏罗世一早白垩世.综合辉钼矿中Re的含量、硫同位素以及相关岩体的源区特征等多方面证据认为,石家湾斑岩型钼矿的成矿物质主要来自于下地壳,并混有少量幔源成分.     

内蒙古红岭铅锌多金属矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其意义

红岭铅锌多金属矿床为大兴安岭南段多金属成矿带的代表性矿床之一.区内发育斑岩型和矽卡岩型2种钼矿化,前者为产于花岗斑岩内呈斑点-浸染状产出的辉钼矿,后者为薄膜状辉钼矿.为确定红岭铅锌多金属矿床的成矿时代,对矿区2种类型的钼矿化进行系统研究和成矿年代测定.5件斑点状辉钼矿样品Re-Os模式年龄介于139.9±2.3 Ma~141.5±3.2 Ma之间,Re-Os等时线年龄为140.3±3.4 Ma(MSWD =0.082),模式年龄加权平均值为140.10±1.80 Ma,两者在同一误差范围完全一致,代表了该红岭矿区斑岩型钼矿化时代为晚侏罗世.1件薄膜状辉钼矿样品模式年龄为143.7±3.6 Ma,应为铅锌矿化阶段的成矿年代上限;其Re、187Os含量较其他样品高出1个数量级,揭示着2种类型钼矿化具有不同的成因,证实区内存在2期钼成矿作用.6件辉钼矿样品的Re含量特征指示其成矿物质的浅源性,应以壳源为主;极低的Re含量可能与其母岩和共生矿物组合有关.结合前人的研究成果,得出红岭铅锌多金属矿床的成岩、成矿物质均来源于增生地壳,成矿动力学背景为蒙古-鄂霍茨克造山带碰撞造山后陆壳伸展环境的认识.      

福建武夷山上西坑钼矿矿石学特征

福建武夷山上西坑钼矿为中温热液型钼矿.文章根据野外考察,在岩相学的基础上,进行了矿相学及辉钼矿矿石矿物学的系统研究,得出上西坑钼矿矿石自然类型主要为构造角砾岩型、石英脉型.矿石构造主要有角砾状构造、浸染状构造、细脉状构造.矿石结构以细-中细粒鳞片结构为主,局部呈现厚板状、带状分布;矿石矿物辉钼矿铅灰色,多色性明显,2H多型,矿物成分中杂质含量较低,Re含量为1.479 ～34.35μg/g,显示其矿源为壳幔混合源;Re作为伴生矿产,具一定的综合利用价值.     

U–Pb and Re–Os Geochronology of the Hucunnan Copper–Molybdenum Deposit in Anhui Province,Southeast China,and its Geological Implications

The Middle–Lower Yangtze Region (MLYR) is one of the most important metallogenic belts in China that hosts numerous Cu–Fe–Au–S deposits. The Hucunnan deposit in the central part of MLYR is a newly discovered porphyry–skarn‐type copper–molybdenum deposit during recent drilling exploration. Laser ablation ICP–MS analysis carried out in this study yields U–Pb isotopic ages of 137.5 ± 1.2 Ma for the Cu–Mo bearing granodiorite rock and 125.0 ± 1.5 Ma for the Cu‐bearing quartz diorites. The Re–Os isotopic dating of seven molybdenite samples gave an isochron age of 139.5 ± 1.1 Ma, suggesting a syn‐magma mineralization of molybdenite in the Hucunnan deposit. Since porphyry‐type molybdenum deposits are rare in central MLYR, the discovery of the Hucunnan deposit suggests possible molybdenite mineralizations in the deep places of the Cu–Mo bearing granitoids. In addition, the U–Pb isotopic age of 125 Ma for the Cu‐bearing quartz diorites implies a new Cu mineralization period for the MLYR that was rarely reported by previous studies.     

赣中大王山石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床成岩成矿年代学及其地质意义

赣中大王山钨钼多金属矿床位于钦杭结合带西缘大王山—于山W-U-Sn-Au多金属成矿带,为典型的石英脉型矿床,其赋矿岩体具有多阶段特征。通过LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年技术,得到晚阶段细粒花岗岩成岩年龄为145.1±0.89 Ma,与早阶段形成的中粗粒花岗岩形成时间接近(147.8±1.9 Ma);利用辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年技术,得到成矿年龄为147.6±1.8 Ma,表明该矿床形成于晚侏罗世,与南岭地区及其周边的燕山期石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床的成岩、成矿时代一致。辉钼矿中Re的含量具有指示成矿物质来源的重要参考价值,大王山钨多金属矿床的辉钼矿中Re含量较低,为2 215×10^-9～10 183×10^-9,与以钨为主、共生或伴生钼的矿床特征相吻合,指示其成矿物质主要来自于壳源或壳幔混合源,即在160～110 Ma之间,古太平洋板块与欧亚板块之间的主应力作用方向发生转变,促使我国东部岩浆活动频繁,岩浆期后热液与围岩碱交代明显,大量成矿物质被萃取,并在成矿有利部位富集。     

Typomorphic Characteristics of Molybdenite from the Bystrinsky Cu–Au Porphyry–Skarn Deposit,Eastern Transbaikal Region,Russia

The paper presents pioneering data on the composition, texture, and crystal structure of molybdenite from various types of molybdenum mineralization at the Bystrinsky Cu–Au–Fe porphyry–skarn deposit in the eastern Transbaikal region, Russia. The data were obtained using electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Molybdenite found at the deposit in skarn, sulfide-poor quartz veins, and quartz–feldspar alteration markedly differs in the concentrations of trace elements determined by their species in the mineral, as well as in its structural features. Molybdenite-2H from skarn associated with phyllosilicates occurs as ultrafine crystals with uniform shape and texture; no dislocations or inclusions were found but amorphous silica was. The molybdenite composition is highly contrasting in the content and distribution of both structure-related (Re, W, and Se) and other (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ag, Pd, Au, Hg, Pb, and Bi) metals. In the sulfide-poor quartz veins, highly structurally heterogeneous (2H + 3R) molybdenite microcrystals with abundant defects (dislocations and volumetrically distributed inclusions) are associated with illite, goethite, and barite. Some single crystals are unique three-phase (2H + 3R polytypes + amorphous MoS₂). The mineral has a low concentration of all trace elements, which are uniformly distributed. However, individual domains with uniquely high Pd, Te, Ni, Hg, and W concentrations caused by mineral inclusions are found in some grains. Molybdenite from quartz–feldspar alteration is characterized by low concentrations of all trace elements except for Re and Se, which enrich some domains of the grains. Our data indicate that the compositional and structural heterogeneity of molybdenite from the Bystrinsky deposit are its crucial features, which obviously correlate with the types of Mo mineralization.     

大兴安岭中北段古中公路钼矿床形成时代与矿床成因

古中公路钼矿床含矿岩体为碎裂硅化片麻状二长花岗岩体,蚀变呈带状分布,成矿过程可划分为钾长石+石英、石英+辉钼矿及石英+黄铁矿3个阶段。2件辉钼矿样品的Re-Os同位素模式年龄分别为(142.4±2.9)Ma和(142.3±2.0)Ma,表明矿床为早白垩世构造-岩浆活动的产物;辉钼矿中w(Re)含量分别为11.894×10~(-6)和11.584×10~(-6),暗示成矿物质主要为地壳来源,可能有地幔物质的参与。流体包裹体研究表明:主成矿阶段的石英中主要以气液两相包裹体为主,其次为含子晶三相包裹体,CO_2三相包裹体最少;不同类型包裹体的均一温度范围为196.3℃~450℃,盐度可分为0.18%~12.62%和45.33%~53.26%两个不同区间。因此,成矿流体为中高温、高盐度的Na Cl-H2O-CO2体系,在热液成矿阶段可能发生过流体沸腾作用,且是钼矿的主要形成机制。综合成矿地质条件、矿床地质特征及成矿流体特征认为,该矿床成因上属斑岩型,形成于区域伸展的构造环境。     

Geochemistry,zircon U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os dating of the Taolaituo porphyry Mo deposit in the Central Great Hinggan Range: implications for the geodynamic evolution of northeastern China

The Taolaituo porphyry‐type molybdenum deposit is located in the eastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. The mineralization occurs mainly as veins, lenses and layers within the host porphyry. To better understand the link between the mineralization and the host igneous rocks, we studied samples from the underground workings and report new SHRIMP II zircon U–Pb and Re–Os molybdenite ages, and geochemical data from both the molybdenites and the porphyry granites. Five molybdenite samples yield a Re–Os isochron weighted mean age of 133.0 ± 0.82 Ma, whereas the porphyry granitoids samples yield crystallization ages of 133 ± 1 Ma and 130.4 ± 1.3 Ma. The U–Pb and Re–Os ages are similar, suggesting that the mineralization is genetically related to the Early Cretaceous porphyry emplacement. Re contents of the molybdenites range from 21.74 to 42.45 ppm, with an average of 32.69 ppm, whereas δ³⁴S values vary between 3.7‰ and 4.2‰, which is typical of mantle sulphur. The ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁷Pb/ ²⁰⁴Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb vary in the ranges of 18.276–18.385, 15.566–15.580 and 38.321–38.382, respectively. The Taolaituo Early Cretaceous granitoids are A‐type granites. These observations indicate that the molybdenites and the porphyry granites were derived from a mixed source involving young accretionary materials and enriched subcontinental lithospheric mantle. A synthesis of geochronological and geological data reveals that porphyry emplacement and Mo mineralization in the Taolaituo deposit occurred contemporaneously with the Early Cretaceous tectonothermal events associated with lithospheric thinning, which was caused by delamination and subsequent upwelling of the asthenosphere associated with intra‐continental extension in northeast China. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

吉林大黑山超大型钼矿辉钼矿铼-锇同位素定年及其地质意义

吉林大黑山钼矿位于吉黑成矿省,是20世纪50年代发现的一超大型斑岩型钼矿床。文章首次对采自矿床不同类型矿石中的辉钼矿进行了铼-锇同位素定年,获得等时线年龄为(168.2±3.2)Ma,其加权平均方差(MSWD)为0.56,表明大黑山钼矿主要形成于燕山早期。结合该区域其他钼矿的成矿年龄,燕山早期可能为吉林中部钼矿的成矿集中期。根据辉钼矿中的铼含量及矿床硫同位素特征表明,矿床的成矿物质来源为壳幔混源。矿床的形成可能与谷太平洋板块的俯冲有关,构造作用与岩浆作用的耦合是成矿的关键因素。     

福建省南靖县南坑钼矿床地质特征及找矿标志

通过总结福建省南靖县南坑钼矿床的地质特征,认为该钼矿床为斑岩型钼矿床,钼矿体主要赋存于燕山早期花岗岩与文宾山组接触带,主要产在燕山早期花岗岩体内,受缓倾斜的石英脉和网脉状石英细脉控制,矿石类型为石英粗脉型和石英细脉型。该钼矿床具有弱磁异常,原生晕、次生晕异常发育,钼次生晕异常在深部见矿效果较好;与钼矿体关系密切的蚀变主要有云英岩化和硅化,找矿标志主要为燕山早期花岗岩、白楼—下楼断裂带、晚三叠世文宾山组、云英岩化、硅化及物化探异常,以上认识对区域寻找类似钼矿床具有参考价值。     

安徽滁州琅琊山铜矿辉钼矿铼-锇同位素定年及其地质意义

首次运用铼-锇同位素方法对滁州琅琊山铜矿床中的辉钼矿进行定年。5件辉钼矿样品的模式年龄为(128.9±1.8)Ma～(130.3±1.9)Ma,187Re-187Os等时线年龄为(128.6±2.2)Ma,其加权平均方差(MSWD)为0.45,为滁州琅琊山铜矿床提供了准确的形成时限。分析结果表明,滁州琅琊山铜矿床是早白垩纪(燕山晚期)区域构造-岩浆活动的产物。琅琊山铜矿床辉钼矿中铼含量较高,推断成矿物质主要是壳幔混源,且主要是幔源。     

Isotopic Chronological Study of the Huangsha‐Tieshanlong Quartz Vein‐ Type Tungsten Deposit and Timescale of Molybdenum Mineralization in Southern Jiangxi Province,China

The Huangsha-Tieshanlong quartz-vein tungsten polymetallic ore deposit, located in the northern Pangushan-Tieshanlong tungsten ore field in eastern Ganxian-Yudu prospecting areas of the Yushan metallogenic belt, is a well-known tungsten deposit in southern Jiangxi province, China. SHRIMP-determined dating of zircons from the Tieshanlong granite yields ages of 168.1±2.1 Ma (n=11, MSWD=1.3). Rhenium and osmium isotopic dating of molybdenite from the Huangsha quartz-vein tungsten deposit determined by ICP-MS yields a weighted average ages of 153±3 Ma and model ages of 150.2±2.1 Ma – 155.4±2.3 Ma. The age of the Huangsha tungsten deposit is 10 to 15 Ma later than the Tieshanlong granite, which shows that there might have been another early Late Jurassic magmatic activity between 150 and 160 Ma, a process which is closely related with tungsten mineralization in this area. The Tieshanlong granite, the Huangsha tungsten deposit and the Pangushan-Tieshanlong ore field were all formed around 150–170 Ma, belonging to products of a Mesozoic second large-scale mineralization. According to the collected molybdenite Re-Os dating results in southern Jiangxi province, the timescale of the associated molybdenum mineralization is 2–6 Ma in the tungsten deposit and the timescale of independent molybdenum mineralization is 1–4 Ma, implying the complexity of tungsten mineralization. Times of molybdenum mineralization are mainly concentrated in the Yanshanian, which includes three stages of 133~135 Ma, 150–162 Ma, and 166–170 Ma, respectively. The 150–162 Ma-stage is in accordance with ages of large-scale W-Sn mineralization, which is mainly molybdenum mineralization characterized by associated molybdenum mineralization with development of an even greater-intensity independent molybdenum mineralization. Independent molybdenum mineralization occurred before and after large-scale W-Sn mineralization, which indicates that favorable prospecting period for molybdenum may be in Cretaceous and early late Jurassic.     

内蒙古丰镇市泉子沟斑岩钼矿床成岩成矿年代学及其地质意义

泉子沟斑岩钼矿床位于内蒙古丰镇市,地处华北克拉通北缘内蒙古台隆凉城断隆内。矿区出露一套燕山期花岗质杂岩体——红娘山杂岩体,主要由中粗粒花岗岩、似斑状花岗岩和石英斑岩组成,钼矿体主要赋存于似斑状花岗岩中。文章在详细的野外地质调查基础上,对泉子沟矿床的成岩成矿时代进行了详细研究,并探讨了地质意义。5件辉钼矿样品的Re-Os模式年龄介于(158.8±2.2)Ma~(161.5±2.2)Ma之间,其加权平均值为(159.8±1.0)Ma(MSWD=0.92),等时线年龄为(161.7±3.1)Ma(MSWD=1.40)。红娘山杂岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为:中粗粒花岗岩结晶年龄为(173±1)Ma(MSWD=0.88),似斑状花岗岩侵位年龄为(162±1)Ma(MSWD=0.40),石英斑岩结晶年龄为(160±2)Ma(MSWD=1.90)。辉钼矿Re-Os和锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,泉子沟钼矿床形成于晚侏罗世早期,成矿与似斑状花岗岩关系密切。泉子沟钼矿床的辉钼矿w(Re)介于16.49×10~(-6)~32.87×10~(-6),暗示成矿物质主要来自下地壳。     

东秦岭东段新发现的沙坡岭细脉浸染型钼矿地质特征、Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

豫西洛宁沙坡岭钼矿床位于华北克拉通南缘东秦岭钼矿带东段,是新近发现的赋存于太古宙太华群变质岩中的细脉浸染型钼矿床。本文对其地质特征进行了研究,并初步测定了1个辉钼矿样品的Re－Os同位素年龄,获得模式年龄为126.8±1.7Ma,表明沙坡岭钼矿形成于燕山期,接近金堆城、雷门沟钼矿的形成时代,Re同位素含量显示其地幔来源的特征。沙坡岭钼矿形成机制错综复杂,有待进一步研究,特别是深部钻孔工程验证工作,对于验证深部是否隐伏着与成矿相关的斑岩体、储量更大的斑岩型钼矿有着重要作用,找矿潜力巨大。     

Two periods of mineralization in Xiaoxinancha Au–Cu deposit,NE China: evidences from the geology and geochronology

The Xiaoxinancha Au–Cu deposit is located at the eastern segment of the Tianshan–Xingmeng orogenic belt in northeast China. The deposit includes porphyry Au–Cu orebodies, veined Au–Cu orebodies and veined Mo mineralizations. All of them occur within the diorite intrusion. The Late Permian diorite, Late Triassic granodiorite, Early Cretaceous granite and granite porphyry are developed in the ore area. The studies on geological features show that the porphyry Au–Cu mineralization is related to the Late Permian diorite intrusion. New geochronologic data for the Xiaoxinancha porphyry Au–Cu deposit yield Permian crystallization zircon U–Pb age of 257 ± 3 Ma for the diorite that hosts the Au–Cu mineralization. Six molybdenite samples from quartz + molybdenite veins imposed on the porphyry Au–Cu orebodies yield an isochron age of 110.3 ± 1.5 Ma. The ages of the molybdenites coeval to zircon ages of the granite within the errors suggest that the Mo mineralization was genetically related to the Early Cretaceous granite intrusion. The formation of the diorite and the related Au–Cu mineralization were caused by the partial melting of the subduction slab during the Late Palaeozoic palaeo‐Asia Ocean tectonic stage. The Re contents and Re–Os isotopic data indicate that the crustal resource is dominated for the Mo mineralization during the Cretaceous extensional setting caused by the roll‐back of the palaeo‐Pacific plate. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.