简介:SomeAudepositsinsouthernAnhuiProvincehaverecentlybeenfoundtobecloselyassociatedwithLateMesozoicintrusions.TypicalexamplesincludetheHua-shahAu(Sb)depositandAudepositsatZhaojialing,Wuxi,andLiaojia.InordertounderstandthemechanismsthatledtheformationoftheseAudeposits,wemakedetailedreviewsonthegeologicalcharacteristicsoftheseAudeposits.Specifically,wepresentnewLA-ICP-MSzirconU-Pbdating,alongwithelementalandHfisotopicdatafromtheHuashanAu(Sb)deposit.OurdatasuggeststhattheHuashanore-relatedintrusionswereemplacedduringtheLateJurassicandEarlyCretaceousperiods(144-148Ma).Theyarecharacterizedbyarc-magmafea-turesandhighoxygenfugacityandarerichininheritedzircons.ZirconU-PbagesandLu-HfisotopesfromintrusionssuggestthatProterozoicjuvenilelithosphereisthemainsourceoftheseintrusions.TheregionalgeologicalhistoryimpliesthatlithospherebeneathsouthernAnhuiwasproducedduringaProterozoicsubductionandwasfertilizedwithAu(Cu)intheprocess.Integratedwiththeresultsofpreviousstudies,weinferredthatLateMesozoicintrusionsformedbytheremeltingofthelithospherecouldprovidethemetalendowmentfortheAu-richdepositsinsouthernAnhui.