简介：TheShihugolddeposit,situatedintheTaihangMesozoicorogenoftheNorthChinaCraton(NCC),ishostedbyductile-brittlefaultswithinArcheanmetamorphiccorecomplex.Thedepositischaracterizedbygold-bearingquartz-polymetallicsulfidesveins.TheMapenggranitoidsstockandintermediate-basicdikesintrudedthemetamorphicbasementrocks,andarespatiallyrelatedtogoldmineralization.Detailedlaserablationinductivelycoupledplasmamassspectrometry(LAICP-MS)U-Pbzirconagesofthegraniticrocks,dykesandmineralizedquartzveinsinthestudiedarearevealitsmagmaticandmineralizedhistory.Themineralizedquartzveinscontaininheritedzirconswithagesofabout2.55Gaand1.84Ga,probablycomingfromthebasement.ThesetwoPrecambrianeventsarecoevalwiththoseinotherpartsoftheNCC.TheMapenggranitoidstock,thelargestintrusioninthearea,wasemplacedatca.130Ma,andiscoevalwithmagmaticzirconpopulationsfromdioritesandquartzdioritepophyritesinthesameregion.Theca.130MamagmatismandgoldmineralizationweremostlikelyrelatedtoanunderplatingeventthattookplaceintheTaihangorogenatLateMesozoic.Thetimingofgoldmineralizationwithrespecttofelsicmagmatismintheareaissimilartothoseobservedinothermajorgold-producingprovincesintheNCC.ThisepisodeissimultaneouswiththoseintheeasternmarginofNCC,indicativeofawidespreadlateYanshanianmetallogeniceventthatwasaresponsetotheEarlyCretaceouslithosphereintheeasternNCC,inwhichthemesothermalgolddepositswereformedfromsimilartectono-magmaticenvironments.