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The Yueshan district is located in the Anqing–Guichi ore deposit area of the Middle–Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt. Two groups of intrusive rocks and three main types of ore mineralization occur in this district: diorite plutons (e.g. Yueshan, Zongpu, Wuheng, and Yangshan) and granite plutons (Hongzhen and Dalongshan), Cu–Au–(Fe) skarn deposits (e.g. Anqing, Tiepuling), Cu–Mo–Au–(Pb–Zn) hydrothermal vein-type deposits (Tongniujing), and hydrothermal uranium mineralization (Dalongshan). Detailed geological and geochemical work suggests that the Cu–Au–(Fe) skarn deposits and the Cu–Mo–Au–(Pb–Zn) hydrothermal vein-type deposits have a close spatial and genetic relationship with the dioritic plutons, whereas the hydrothermal uranium mineralization is associated with A-type granite plutons. Based on the highly precise dating of metal deposits and related plutons in the Yueshan district, such as the molybdenite Re–Os, Os–Os dating, 39Ar–40Ar dating of potassium-bearing minerals and quartz, several Rb–Sr isochrons, SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating + single-grain zircon U–Pb dating, and the SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating of Hongzhen granite pluton, we suggest that the extensive magmatism and mineralization in the Yueshan district took place in two episodes: (1) the first episode involved the mineralization of both skarn and vein-type hydrothermal deposits, c.a. 136–139 Ma, related to diorite plutons emplaced at 138.7 ± 0.5 Ma; (2) the second episode attended the hydrothermal uranium mineralization at 106.4 ± 2.9 Ma, related to granite intrusive activity at 126.8 ± 1.0 Ma. These two times of Yueshan petrogenetic–metallogenetic development appear to be consistent with a tectonic environment transition from compression to extension.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Anhui, metallogenesis, petrogenesis, East China
Research Division:	Earth Sciences
Research Group:	Geology
Research Field:	Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Objective Division:	Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources)
Objective Group:	Mineral exploration
Objective Field:	Copper ore exploration
UTAS Author:	Zhang, L (Dr Lejun Zhang)
UTAS Author:	Cooke, DR (Professor David Cooke)
ID Code:	74875
Year Published:	2011
Web of Science® Times Cited:	18
Deposited By:	Centre for Ore Deposit Research - CODES CoE
Deposited On:	2011-12-14
Last Modified:	2014-10-15
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