The Tuwu–Yandong belt contains five porphyry Cu deposits (Fuxing, Yandong, Tuwu, Linglong, and Chihu), constituting the largest metallogenic in Northwest China. However, framework for remains controversial. Rhenium-osmium dating of molybdenite from Chihu comparisons with previous geochronological data suggest that two episodes (335–330 Ma 323–315 Ma) Cu–Mo mineralization occurred belt, metals w...