The grossular–andradite garnet is an ideal mineral for indicating the formation age of skarn, which also pretends to constrain skarn processes because its higher REE (rare earth elements) content. Tongshanling deposit a medium-sized reduced Cu–W–Pb–Zn associated with highly evolved I-type granodiorite intrusion in Nanling metallogenic belt, South China. Different assemblages, microscopic charac...

This study presents rock slab and thin section reflection mapping, element mapping by Micro-XRF (μ-XRF) analysis, in situ cassiterite U-Pb laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS) ages of the Xinlu Sn-Zn deposit, Nanling Sn-W belt, South China. The new results provided constraints on age processes Sn mineralization thus further discussed role Paleo-Pacific plate f...

Abstract In this study, we present the application of two novel hybrid multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques in mineral potential mapping (MPM), namely FUCOM-MOORA and FUCOM-MOOSRA, as robust computational frameworks for MPM. These were applied to a set exploration targeting criteria skarn. The multi-objective optimization method on basis ratio analysis (MOORA) simple (MOOSRA) app...