Themulti-stageintrusionsofintermediate-acidmagmaoccurintheBangpuminingdistrict,thepetrogenicagesofwhichhavebeenidentified.Thetimesandsequencesoftheiremplacementhavebeencollatedandstipulatedindetailinthispaperbyusingthelaserablation-inductivelycoupledplasma-massspectrometry(LA-ICP-MS)zirconU-Pbdatingmethod.Theagesofbiotitemonzogranitethatwereformedbeforemineralizationinthesouthwestofthisminingdistrictare70±1Ma(meansquareofweighteddeviates(MSWD)=9.5,n=8)and60.60±0.31Ma(MSWD=3.8,n=16),whichbelongtothelateCretaceous-earlyPaleoceneinage.Thatmeans,theyareproductsofanearlytectonicmagmaticeventofthecollisionbetweentheIndianandAsiancontinentals.Theagesofore-bearingmonzograniteporphyryandore-bearingdioriteporphyriteare16.23±0.19Ma(MSWD=2.0,n=26)and15.16±0.09Ma(MSWD=3.9,n=5)separately,whichbelongtothemiddleMioceneinage;namely,theyareproductsoftheGangdesepost-collisionextensionalstagewhencrust-mantlematerialsmeltedandmixedaswellasmagmaticintrusionsimultaneouslyoccurred.Somezirconswithagesof203.6±2.2Ma(MSWD=1.18,n=7)werecapturedintheore-bearingdioriteporphyrite,whichshowsthattherehadbeentectono-magmaticeventsinthelateTriassic-earlyJurassic.Molybdenum(copper)ore-bodiesproducedinthemonzograniteporphyryandcopper(molybdenum)ore-bodiesproducedinthedioriteporphyritearethemainoretypesinthisoredeposit.ThemodelagesofRe-Osisotopicdatingforthe11molybdeniteare13.97-15.84Ma,whileisochronagesare14.09±0.49Ma(MSWD=26).Theisochronagesofsevenmolybdenitefrommolybdenum(copper)orewithmonzograniteporphyrytypeare14.11±0.31Ma(MSWD=5.2).Thereisgreaterrorintheisochronagesoffourmolybdenitefromcopper(molybdenum)orewithdioriteporphyritetype,andtheirweightedaveragemodelagesof14.6±1.2Ma(MSWD=41),whichgenerallyrepresentthemineralizationage.TheresultsabouttheR
