中国北方中生代大规模成矿作用的期次及其地球动力学背景

本文论述了中国北方(包括华北、东北及长江中下游地区)金属矿床的空间分布特点,分析和讨论了主要成矿区带(长江中下游、小秦岭-熊耳山、西秦岭、华北克拉通北缘和大兴安岭南段)及一些大型矿集区(胶东、鲁西和乌奴格吐-甲乌拉)中矿化组合和成矿期次以及地球动力学背景。提出中国北方大规模成矿作用出现在200-160Ma,140Ma左右和120Ma左右三个峰期。通过对中生代地球动力学演化的分析研究,认为三大成矿事件所对应的地球动力学背景分别为后碰撞造山过程、构造体制大转折晚期和岩石圈大规模快速减薄。在200-160Ma时期主要表现为大厚度岩石圈局部伸展有关的岩浆-热成矿,在140Ma左右时期成矿表现为与深源花岗质岩石有关的斑岩-夕卡岩矿床,而120Ma左右时期的成矿是在岩石圈快速减薄过程有大量地幔流体参与成矿作用。     

南秦岭宁陕地区月河坪夕卡岩型钼矿Re-Os年龄和矿床学特征

宁陕地区月河坪钼矿床位于南秦岭多金属成矿带,属于夕卡岩型钼矿。本文采用辉钼矿Re-Os同位素定年方法,精确地测定月河坪钼矿的成矿时代。分析结果显示,5件辉钼矿样品Re-Os同位素模式年龄的变化范围小,集中在189.8Ma和195.4Ma之间,获得加权平均年龄值191.4±1.6Ma,与等时线回归计算得到的年龄值193.6±3.5Ma在误差范围内相吻合。结果说明成矿时代为早侏罗纪,成矿作用属于中国北部燕山期大规模成矿期的一部分。结合已报道的成矿年龄资料,月河坪钼矿床可能形成于扬子板块与华北板块的后碰撞造山作用过程,但有可能受到后期岩浆活动的改造和破坏。同时推测在南秦岭地区存在印支末期到燕山早期的成矿事件,这对于秦岭造山带尤其是南秦岭地区钼矿资源勘探具有借鉴意义。     

河南嵩县庙岭金矿地质特征与钾长石~（40）Ar/^（39）Ar定年

河南嵩县庙岭金矿位于华北陆块南缘熊耳山—外方山地区。矿床赋存于中元古界熊耳群火山岩中近南北向断裂带内,矿体呈似层状、透镜状产出,矿石具浸染状、细网脉状构造和微细粒它形粒状晶粒结构、交代结构,围岩热液蚀变有硅化、钾长石化、绢云母化、黄铁矿化等,矿化具有多阶段的特点,属破碎带蚀变岩型金矿。成矿热液蚀变矿物钾长石Ar-Ar法测年的结果：坪年龄为121.6Ma±1.2Ma,等时线年龄为117.0Ma±1.6Ma,表明矿床形成于早白垩世,与熊耳山地区祁雨沟、瑶沟等金矿床形成于同一时期,属与早白垩世构造-岩浆-流体活动有关的产物。     

小秦岭东吉口印支期辉石正长岩年代学及其地质意义

东吉口辉石正长岩是小秦岭地区此前唯一获得加里东期年龄的岩体,呈不规则卵圆状侵入于古元古代太华群高级变质岩中,发育弱片麻理。详细的岩相学观察发现,岩体内部可以分为两种具不同结构特征的岩性,从野外接触关系来看:细粒辉石正长岩形成较早,发育烘烤边;中粒含斑辉石正长岩略晚,发育冷凝边。二者的矿物均由斜长石、钾长石、辉石、角闪石、石英等组成,斑晶主要为辉石和斜长石,辉石和角闪石均发生退变质作用。细粒辉石正长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果为(214.8±3.1) Ma（MSWD=0.48）,中粒含斑辉石正长岩为(212.9±3.1) Ma（MSWD=5.6）,均形成于晚三叠世印支期,而不是此前认为的加里东期。这一组年龄表明,小秦岭地区加里东期岩浆活动可能极其微弱,或者不存在该期岩浆活动。总结前人资料,发现东吉口辉石正长岩的形成时代与小秦岭印支期成矿事件同时,印支期岩浆活动与洋陆俯冲转为陆陆碰撞作用有关,强烈的壳幔相互作用导致了深部物质的上涌,岩浆活动为金的富集提供了热驱动力。     

宁镇地区燕山期侵入岩锆石U-Pb定年:长江中下游新一期成岩成矿作用的年代学证据

对宁镇地区3个典型燕山期岩体(安基山-伏牛山岩体、下蜀-高资岩体和石马岩体)的中酸性侵入岩进行LA-ICP MS锆石U-Pb定年,给出(109.1±1.9)~(101.6±1.1)Ma的年龄值,代表了这些侵入岩体的形成年代,为该地区中酸性侵入岩形成时代提供了精确的约束。宁镇地区铜-多金属成矿作用在时间、空间和成因上与100~110Ma左右的中酸性钙碱性岩浆活动相关联,区内成岩成矿作用是一个连续的过程。宁镇地区燕山期中酸性侵入岩形成于早白垩世晚期,而长江中下游九瑞等地区的同类型侵入岩形成于早白垩世早期,二者相差约25~35Ma;结合白垩纪以来太平洋板块活动特征对中国东部陆区成岩成矿的制约,这些年代学数据揭示出宁镇地区燕山期岩浆活动及其成矿响应是中生代长江中下游成矿带大规模岩浆-成矿活动的新一期成岩成矿事件,深部地球动力学背景对应中国东部中生代岩石圈拆沉-减薄事件。长江中下游地区的岩石圈减薄从135Ma左右开始,可能持续到100Ma左右。     

云南澜沧老厂花岗斑岩形成年龄及地质意义

应用锆石SHRIMPU-Pb法和辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年法对斑岩的形成时代进行精确定年。结果表明:成矿花岗斑岩体的形成年龄为44.6±1.1Ma;辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为43.78±0.78Ma;成岩成矿期与滇西新生代岩浆-成矿作用高峰期吻合。结合区域地质条件和岩浆的可能源岩年龄(126.7±3.5Ma～529.3±13Ma)等资料分析,提出花岗斑岩在成因上与印支地块与滇缅泰地块陆内俯冲碰撞引发的地幔上涌及地壳重熔作用有关,岩浆来源具壳-幔混合特征。研究还证实滇西地区喜山期存在与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的大规模成矿作用。     

豫西吉家洼金矿床成矿时代和成矿物质来源:来自闪锌矿Rb-Sr同位素年龄和Pb同位素的证据

豫西吉家洼金矿位于熊耳山金多金属矿集区西部,是一构造蚀变岩-石英脉型金矿床。矿体产于近南北向断裂带中,在倾向上呈"Y"字型分布,矿化以细脉-网脉状、浸染状黄铁矿化蚀变岩型金矿为主,其次为石英脉型金矿。热液成矿过程包括4个矿化阶段,黄铁矿-石英阶段(Ⅰ)、石英-黄铁矿阶段(Ⅱ)、石英-多金属硫化物阶段(Ⅲ)和石英-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅳ)。本次工作对吉家洼金矿床主要成矿阶段(Ⅲ)的闪锌矿进行了Rb-Sr同位素测年研究,以限定成矿时代。结果获得Rb-Sr等时线年龄为118.2±2.4Ma,表明矿床形成于早白垩世。该年龄与熊耳山地区中的庙岭、祁雨沟、公峪等金矿床的成矿年龄基本一致,对于整个熊耳山地区的金矿成矿年龄具有一定的约束意义。锶-铅同位素研究结果显示,吉家洼金矿的成矿物质为壳幔混源,新太古界太华群基底及其重熔形成的花岗岩体可能为铅同位素的主要物源。我们认为,吉家洼金矿床是熊耳山地区在早白垩世区域性强烈的构造-岩浆-流体活动事件的产物,是整个中国东部金的大规模成矿作用的组成部分。     

青海同仁县江里沟斑岩-矽卡岩型铜钨钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其成矿意义

西秦岭同德—泽库多金属成矿带是青海省重要的矿产集中区之一,位于西秦岭北缘斑岩-矽卡岩型铜、钼、金成矿带的最西端。江里沟矿床是该区的重要组成部分,为一个典型的斑岩型-矽卡岩型铜钨钼矿床。本文利用Re-Os同位素定年方法对江里沟铜钨钼矿床进行了成矿时代测定,获得了5件样品辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素模式年龄范围为219.5±3.1~222.2±4.0Ma,等时线年龄为224.3±7.3Ma。矿区二长花岗岩SHRIMP锆石UPb年龄测定结果表明岩石存在两个期次结晶年龄232±4Ma和214±4Ma,矿区花岗岩可能是两个期次岩浆活动的产物。根据斑岩型矿床矿化晚于成矿母岩的特征,认为江里沟矿床成矿时代属晚三叠世,与矿区232Ma期次的岩浆侵入活动关系密切,成矿晚于成岩约8Ma,成矿与成岩时代基本一致,是西秦岭印支期构造-岩浆活动的产物。本次研究可以大致确定岗察复式岩体周边矿床成矿时限为243.8~214Ma,与区域西秦岭—东昆仑三叠纪构造岩浆作用和成矿时代一致,构成西秦岭北缘斑岩-矽卡岩型铜-钼-金成矿系统的一部分。     

豫西小秦岭地区秦南金矿床热液独居石U-Th-Pb定年及其地质意义

小秦岭地区是我国最重要的金矿产区之一, 目前对该区金矿床成矿作用存在两种不同的观点, 即与秦岭造山带造山作用有关的早中生代成矿和与中国东部构造体制大转折有关的晚中生代成矿.在矿床地质研究的基础上, 利用激光剥蚀ICP-MS方法对小秦岭矿集区北矿带秦南金矿床的热液独居石进行了U-Th-Pb定年, 获得了高精度的年龄数据, 为北矿带金矿床成矿时代和成矿构造背景提供了新的制约.岩相学研究表明, 所研究的独居石具有完好的晶形, 与载金矿物黄铁矿和石英的结构关系表明它们近于同时形成.13个独居石颗粒的U-Th-Pb同位素组成在206Pb/238U-207Pb/235U和206Pb/238U-208Pb/232Th图解上均位于谐和线上或其附近, 其206Pb/238U和208Pb/233Th加权平均年龄分别为120.9±0.9 Ma(MSWD=1.0)和122.6±1.9 Ma(MSWD=2.6), 在误差范围内完全一致.本次定年结果与小秦岭南矿带众多典型金矿床的Re-Os年龄和40Ar/39Ar年龄一致, 表明独居石的U-Th-Pb同位素体系自矿物形成后一直处于封闭体系, 其U-Pb和U-Th-Pb年龄可以解释为秦南金矿床的成矿时代, 从而表明秦南金矿床形成于燕山期.对已有可靠年龄数据的统计分析表明, 小秦岭地区绝大多数金矿床形成于早白垩世, 证明该区金成矿作用集中发生于晚中生代, 可能与华北克拉通岩石圈减薄作用有关.      

豫西崤山赵家古洞岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年及地质意义

豫西崤山与毗邻的小秦岭、熊耳山同属华北地块南缘华熊复合地体,成矿地质条件优越。区内出露了几处中酸性小岩体,但这些岩体的形成时代及其与成矿的关系,仍未得到有效制约。通过对崤山西部赵家古洞岩体进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,结果表明,23个测点的测定值位于谐和线上,其余7个测点的测定值位于谐和线附近,Th/U值范围为1.00~1.78,加权平均年龄为117±2Ma(MSWD=0.85),属早白垩世。赵家古洞岩体是岩石圈拆沉作用的产物,其形成时代与小秦岭—崤山—熊耳山地区早白垩世的成岩成矿作用相近,其周边具有较大成矿潜力,是寻找崤山西部矿床有望获得突破的地区之一。     

Timing and Processes of Ore Formation in the Qingchengzi Polymetallic Orefield, Northeast China: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology

The Qingchengzi orefield is a large polymetallic ore concentration area in the Liaodong peninsula,northeastern China,that includes twelve Pb-Zn deposits and five Au-Ag deposits along its periphery.The ore-forming age remains much disputed,which prevents the identification of the relationship between the mineralization and the associated magmatism.In this paper,we quantitatively present the feasibility of making ore mineral ~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar dating and report reliable ~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar ages of lamprophyre groundmass,K-feldspar and sphalerite from the Zhenzigou deposit.Direct and indirect methods are applied to constrain the timing of mineralization,which plays a vital role in discussing the contribution of multistage magmatism to ore formation.The low-potassium sphalerite yielded an inverse isochron age of 232.8±41.5 Ma,which features a relatively large uncertainty.Two lamprophyre groundmasses got reliable inverse isochron ages of 193.2±1.3 Ma and 152.3±1.5 Ma,respectively.K-feldspar yielded a precise inverse isochron age of 134.9±0.9 Ma.These four ages indicate that the mineralization is closely associated with Mesozoic magmatism.Consequently,regarding the cooling age of the earliest Mesozoic Shuangdinggou intrusion(224.2±1.2 Ma)as the initial time of mineralization,we can further constrain the age of the sphalerite to 224–191 Ma.These new and existing geochronological data,combined with the interaction cutting or symbiotic relationship between the lamprophyre veins and ore veins,suggest that the Pb-Zn-Au-Ag mineralization in the Qingchengzi orefield mainly occurred during three periods:the late Triassic(ca.224–193 Ma),the late Jurassic(ca.167–152 Ma)and the early Cretaceous(ca.138–134 Ma).This polymetallic deposits are shown to have been formed during multiple events coinciding with periods of the Mesozoic magmatic activity.In contrast,the Proterozoic magmatism and submarine exhalative and hydrothermal sedimentation in the Liaolaomo paleorift served mainly to transport and concentrate the ore-forming substances at the Liaohe Group with no associated Pb-Zn-Au-Ag mineralization.     

内蒙古武川县赵井沟铌钽多金属矿床白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年龄及地质意义

内蒙古赵井沟铌钽多金属矿是近年来取得较大找矿进展的大型稀有金属矿床,初步探明铌钽氧化物储量超过8200吨,前人对其矿床地质特征已有初步研究,但其成矿时代尚未精确厘定。本文以赵井沟铌钽多金属矿区内天河石花岗伟晶岩脉中的白云母为研究对象,利用~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年代学方法,以确定其成矿时代。研究发现矿区内铌钽矿化主要赋存在碱长花岗岩、碱长花岗细晶岩、云英岩和天河石花岗伟晶岩中,且铌钽矿物与白云母同时形成,有重要的共生关系,故本次研究获得的白云母坪年龄123.57±0.66 Ma和等时线年龄124.0±2.0 Ma具有地质意义,可代表成矿年龄。这一成果表明赵井沟铌钽多金属矿床形成于燕山晚期(至少延续至早白垩世),与前人获得的锆石年龄有较大差异,这对分析其矿床成因有重要意义。同时,结合区域地质资料,本文认为华北地台北缘内蒙古地轴中部在燕山运动的晚期存在一次重要的稀有金属成矿事件。     

辽宁后仙峪硼矿床氩-氩定年及其地质意义

辽吉硼矿带是世界级非金属成矿省,但其成矿时代研究薄弱,成因类型和构造环境认识分歧.本文报道新获得的后仙峪超大型硼镁矿床金云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年龄,并厘定成矿时代.主矿体金云母氩-氩坪年龄为884.4±8.9Ma(MSWD=0.47),正、反等时线年龄分别为885.0±7.5 Ma(MSWD=0.55)和885.8±7.3 Ma(MSWD=0.79),表明主成矿事件发生在885Ma左右,可能与Rodinia超大陆汇聚事件有关.矿体与闪长岩脉接触带蚀变岩的金云母氩-氩坪年龄为386.5±3.9Ma(MSWD=1.4),正、反等时线年龄分别为386.7±5.3 Ma(MSWD=2.6)和387.1±7.2 Ma(MSWD=3.9),代表成矿后局部改造事件的年龄,后期改造与早泥盆世岩浆作用有关.     

~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar Age and Geological Significance of the Sawur Gold Belt in Northern Xinjiang, China

1 IntroductionThe Sawur gold belt is an eastward extending section ofthe Zarma-Sawur gold-copper belt in Kazakhstan, locatedin the Sawur Mountain, northern Xinjiang, and mainlycomprises two large- to medium-sized gold deposits,accompanied by five small gold deposits and a series ofgold ore spots (Yin et al., 1996, 2003; Wang et al., 1999; Liet al., 2000; Liu et al., 2003; Shen et al., 2004a). TheKuo'erzhenkuola and Bu'erkesidai gold deposits are thebiggest and most important ones in this …     

汉南地区晋宁晚期铜-金成矿事件的确认及意义

汉南地区位于扬子克拉通北缘西段。目前,在川、陕两省已在该区发现了数十个矿床(点)。其中,广泛分布的铜-金矿床(点)具有热液型矿化特征,成矿条件有利,具有寻找大-中型矿床的远景。为了查明这些铜-金矿产资源的形成时代,文章运用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb法和单矿物~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar法对汉南地区有代表性的矿床(点)进行了成矿年代学研究。其结果显示,潘坝成矿期热液脉的锆石U-Pb年龄为(744±10)Ma,黑云母和钾长石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar视年龄介于740 Ma~700 Ma之间。元山寺的成矿期白云母~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar坪年龄为(744±4)Ma,等时线年龄为(748±7)Ma。由于本次测试选择了成矿期矿物,其结果可以代表成矿时代。因此,汉南很可能存在晋宁晚期的铜-金成矿事件。根据区域地质演化历史,笔者认为汉南铜-金矿化(744 Ma)是造山晚期加厚岩石圈下部(山根)拆沉的结果。     

多宝山斑岩铜矿区水热蚀变矿物的激光显微探针40Ar/39Ar定年

在利用脉冲显微激光探针⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar定年技术测定标准样品的J值和年龄适用范围的基础上,研究了黑龙江省嫩江县北部多宝山斑岩铜矿区水热成因矿物的年代学。结果表明,高钾含量的水热蚀变矿物适合于激光探针的表面微区测定,并且可以克服水热蚀变矿物中的³⁹Ar “反冲”丢失对年龄结果的影响。矿区的岩浆-水热事件主要有两期,分别为253-220Ma和184-162Ma,前者代表了成矿时代,后者反映出由成矿期后岩浆活动所引起的水热叠加事件。     

Magmatic‐Hydrothermal Mineralization Sequence in Xinlu Ore Field,Guangxi, South China: Constraints from Zircon U‐Pb,Molybdenite Re‐Os,and Muscovite Ar‐Ar Dating

The Xinlu Sn‐polymetallic ore field is located in the western Nanling Polymetallic Belt in northeastern Guangxi, South China, where a number of typical skarn‐, hydrothermal vein‐type tin deposits have developed. There are two types of Sn deposits: skarn‐type and sulfide‐quartz vein‐type. The tin mineralizations mainly occur on the south side of the Guposhan granitic complex pluton and within its outer contact zone. To constrain the Sn mineralization age and further understand its genetic links to the Guposhan granitic complex, a series of geochronological works has been conducted at the Liuheao deposit of the ore field using high‐precision zircon SHRIMP U‐Pb, molybdenite Re‐Os, and muscovite Ar‐Ar dating methods. The results show that the biotite‐monzogranite, which is part of the Xinlu intrusive unit of the Guposhan complex pluton, has a SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon age of 161.0 ± 1.5 Ma. The skarn‐type ore has a ⁴⁰Ar‐³⁹Ar muscovite plateau age of 160 ± 2 Ma (same as its isochron age), and the sulfide‐quartz vein‐type ore yields an Re‐Os molybdenite isochron age of 154.4 ± 3.5 Ma. The magmatic‐hydrothermal geochronological sequence demonstrated that the hydrothermal mineralization took place immediately following the emplacement of the monzogranite, with the skarn metasomatic mineralization stage predating the sulfide mineralization stage. Geochronologically, we have compared this ore field with 26 typical Sn deposits distributed along the Nanling Polymetallic Belt, leading to the suggestion of the magmatic‐metallogenic processes in the Xinlu ore field (ca. 161–154 Ma) as a component of the Early Yanshanian large‐scale Sn‐polymetallic mineralization event (peaked at 160–150 Ma) in the Nanling Range of South China. Petrogenesis of Sn‐producing granite and Sn‐polymetallic mineralization were probably caused by crust–mantle interaction as a result of significant lithospheric extension and thinning in South China in the Late Jurassic.     

个旧卡房层状铜矿床金云母和云英岩化白云母40Ar-39Ar同位素年龄及意义

在个旧锡铜多金属矿集区发育有矽卡岩型和热液脉型等锡铜矿化体,其形成时代是晚白垩世,属与花岗岩有关的岩浆热液成因矿床。赋存于三叠纪蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状的铜矿体的精确年龄尚未有报道,成因仍备受争议。文章选择赋存于卡房矿田蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状分布的铜矿体中的金云母,及新山岩体接触带云英岩中的白云母为研究对象,利用⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar阶段加热同位素定年方法对它们进行了年代学研究,获得了金云母和白云母的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar同位素坪年龄分别为(79.55±0.47) Ma和(79.53±0.57) Ma,对应等时线年龄分别为(79.8±1.3) Ma和(79.7±1.0) Ma,反等时线年龄分别为(79.7±2.0) Ma和(79.61±0.75) Ma,两者年龄基本一致。结合矿物共生组合特征和流体包裹体测温资料,认为金云母的坪年龄(79.55±0.47) Ma,可以代表卡房蚀变玄武岩中(似)层状铜矿的形成时代,而白云母的坪年龄(79.53±0.57) Ma,则代表新山岩体形成后期岩浆热液活动的年龄。这2个年龄与个旧锡铜多金属矿床的成矿时代基本一致,应是同一构造-岩浆-流体活动形成的成矿系列产物。     

东昆仑祁漫塔格地区白干湖钨锡矿田白云母~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年及地质意义

东昆仑祁漫塔格地区白干湖钨锡矿田是认识中国西北地区钨锡矿床成矿规律的重要窗口。作者对采自含矿石英脉的2个白云母样品进行40Ar/39Ar定年,获得其坪年龄分别为(422.7±4.5)Ma和(421.8±2.7)Ma。2个样品的等时线年龄与反等时线年龄也在误差范围内一致,分别为(424±15)Ma和(418±24)Ma,表明分析数据可信。获得的白云母40Ar/39Ar坪年龄指示成矿作用发生在晚志留世,与原特提斯洋闭合事件密切相关,闭合后的陆陆碰撞使富含成矿物质的变质沉积物重熔而形成花岗岩浆;花岗岩浆侵入并析出含矿热液,导致钨锡成矿。     

Precise molybdenite Re–Os and mica Ar–Ar dating of the Mesozoic Yaogangxian tungsten deposit, central Nanling district, South China

The Yaogangxian deposit in the central Nanling region, South China consists of vein-type ore bodies hosted in Cambrian to Jurassic strata and Mesozoic granitic intrusions. Wolframite and molybdenite are the dominant ore minerals intergrown with gangue minerals of quartz, feldspar, phlogopite, and muscovite. We have carried out molybdenite Re–Os and phlogopite and muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating to better understand the timing and genesis of mineralization. Re–Os dating of eight molybdenite samples yielded model ages ranging from 152.0±3.5 to 161.1±4.5 Ma, with an average of 156.0 Ma. The Re–Os analyses give a well-defined ¹⁸⁷Re/¹⁸⁷Os isochron with an age of 154.9±2.6 Ma (MSWD=2.4). Hydrothermal phlogopite and muscovite display extremely flat ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age spectra. Phlogopite yields a ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau age of 153.0±1.1 Ma, whereas muscovite yields a plateau age of 155.1±1.1 Ma. Both ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages are in good agreement with the Re–Os ages, placing the timing of tungsten mineralization at about 154 Ma. This age is consistent with the field relationships. Our new data, when combined with published geochronological results from other major deposits in this region, suggest that large scale W–Sn mineralization occurred throughout the central Nanling region in the Late Jurassic.