摘要
The Shujiadian copper deposit,located between the Tongling fault uplift and the Fanchang fault basin in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River,is a newly discovered porphyry copper deposit. On the basis of geological and petrographic studies,the authors have conducted molybdenite Re-Os and biotite 40Ar-39Ar dating to precisely constrain the timing of mineralization in the deposit.The results show that copper mineralization and hydrothermal biotite alteration occurred at (140.6±2.0) Ma and (142.8 ±1.1) Ma. A synthesis of diagenesis and existing geochronological data indicates that the Shujiadian deposit formed as a result of the Early Cretaceous giant metallogenic event within the Tongling fault uplift.