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The Heilongjiang Complex records the evolution history of the Mudanjiang Ocean, which is of great significance to constrain the amalgamation process of the Jiamusi and Songnen‐Zhangguangcai Range massifs. We carried out petrological, chronological, geochemical, mineral chemical and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) fabric analyses on the Heilongjiang Complex in the Yilan area. The latest zircon U–Pb dating results show that the protolith ages of the amphibolite are 261.3 ± 3.0 Ma and 261.8 ± 3.3 Ma, while that of the granodioritic mylonite is 207.8 ± 2.2 Ma. The amphibolites and granodioritic mylonite are enriched in large‐ion lithophile elements (e.g., Rb, Ba, and Sr) and light rare earth elements, with depletion in high‐field‐ strength elements (e.g., Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf), indicating that the formation of the protoliths of the amphibolites and granodioritic mylonite is related to the subduction of the Mudanjiang oceanic plate under the Songnen‐Zhangguangcai Range Massif. The amphibolites and granodioritic mylonite both experienced two periods of metamorphic and deformation events. The metamorphic degree of the early period of metamorphism is low amphibolite facies, which records a clockwise P–T path from early increased temperature and pressure to a late isothermal depressurization. The P–T path reveals that this period of metamorphism is associated with the collision between two massifs. The later period of metamorphism reaches low greenschist facies, accompanied by deformation, which may be related to the rapid exhumation of the Heilongjiang Complex. This study provides a new perspective for exploring the collision and collage process of the Jiamusi and Songnen‐Zhangguangcai Range massifs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Yingchengzi gold deposit, located 10 km west of Shalan at the eastern margin of the Zhangguangcai Range, is the only high commercially valuable gold deposit in southern Heilongjiang Province, NE China. This study investigates the chronology and geodynamic mechanisms of igneous activity and metallogenesis within the Yingchengzi gold deposit. New zircon U-Pb data, fluid inclusion 40Ar/39Ar dating, whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopic analysis is presented for the Yingchengzi deposit to constrain its petrogenesis and mineralization. Zircon U-Pb dating of the granite and diabase-porphyrite rocks of the igneous complex yields mean ages of 471.7 ± 5.5 and 434 ± 15 Ma respectively. All samples are high-K calc-alkaline or shoshonite rocks, are enriched in light rare earth elements and large ion lithophile elements, and are depleted in high field strength elements, consistent with the geochemical characteristics of arc-type magmas. The Sr-Nd isotope characteristics indicate that the granite formed by partial melting of the lower crust, including interaction with slab-derived fluids from an underplated basaltic magma. The primary magma of the diabase-porphyrite was likely derived from the metasomatized mantle wedge by subducted slab-derived fluids. Both types of intrusive rocks were closely related to subduction of the ocean plate located between the Songnen-Zhangguangcai Range and Jiamusi massifs. However, fluid inclusion 40Ar/39Ar dating indicates that the Yingchengzi gold deposit formed at ~249 Ma, implying that the mineralization is unrelated to both the granite (~472 Ma) and diabase-porphyrite (~434 Ma) intrusions. Considering the tectonic evolution of the study area and adjacent regions, we propose that the Yingchengzi gold deposit was formed in a late Palaeozoic-Early Triassic continental collision regime following the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. In addition, the Yingchengzi deposit could be classified as a typical orogenic-type gold deposit occuring in convergent plate margins in collisional orogens, and unlikely an intrusion-related gold deposit as reported by previous studies. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]