New constraints on the genesis of the giant Dayingezhuang gold (silver) deposit in the Jiaodong district, North China Craton

The Dayingezhuang gold (silver) deposit in the Jiaodong district, eastern margin of North China Craton, is hosted in the NE to NNE-trending Zhaoping Fault along the contact between Precambrian metamorphic rock (Jiaodong Group) and Mesozoic intrusion (Linglong granite). Although many studies have addressed the genesis of this deposit, the mineralization age, the sources of ore-forming fluids and materials, the ore genesis is still controversial,...