Highly fractionated S-type granites from the giant Dahutang tungsten deposit in Jiangnan Orogen, Southeast China: geochronology, petrogenesis and their relationship with W-mineralization

The Dahutang deposit is a newly discovered tungsten deposit, which is within the largest ones in the world with an estimated WO3 reserve of 2 million tones. W-mineralization is considered to be related with the Late Mesozoic granites in the district. However, the precise emplacement ages, sources of these granites, and their relationship with mineralization are not well understood. In this study, four mineralization-related granite bodies (G1 to...