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Metallogenetic epoch and mechanism of the tungsten ore in Yushan, Beishan orogenic belt, Gansu

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Using SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating methods and cathodoluminescence (CL) technique, we have precisely dated ore samples from tungsten ore deposit, ore-bearing volcanic-sedimentary strata and granite in the Yushan region within the east Tianshan-Beishan W-bearing zone. This study reveals Yushan tungsten ore deposit zone formed in 250 ± 9 Ma, and it is closely associated with the Permian granites and felsic volcanic rocks. This new type of tungsten ore deposit in the east Tianshan-Beishang multiple-metallogenetic province may probably be associated with the regionally right-literal shearing after the main Carboniferous collisional orogeny, and the formation of pull-apart basin and the felsic magmatism.

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  1. School of Resources and Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    XinHu Zhang

  2. The Geological Lab Center and State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Li Su

  3. Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    XinHu Zhang & XueJun Cui

  4. No. 4 Geological Exploration Institute, Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Jiuquan, 735000, China

    ShuHong Ding

  5. Gansu Institute of Geological Survey, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    JianGuo Zhang

  6. Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Li Chen

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40572045), the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources in China University of Geosciences (GPMR0543), and the research project ‘The study of metallization of ore deposits in Gansu Province’ in Gansu Geology and Mineral Resources Bureau

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Zhang, X., Su, L., Cui, X. et al. Metallogenetic epoch and mechanism of the tungsten ore in Yushan, Beishan orogenic belt, Gansu. Chin. Sci. Bull. 53, 1222–1230 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-008-0174-z

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