metamorphism. It suggests that the Late Palaeozoic gold(–antimony–mercury) ore deposits in the Variscides and the...hypothetical orogenic ore system. Mercury, and/or mercury–antimony epizonal deposits are now, albeit intuitively...al. (2007) explained the Early Cretaceous gold(−antimony–mercury–tungsten) deposits of Eastern China with...Precambrian blocks along the northern margin of the North China Block (Hart et al., 2002) may reflect comparable...(2010) attributed the orogenic gold deposits of the North American Cordillera to the initiation of major strike-slip