Muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isotopic dating of pegmatite veins in the Bieyesamas rare metal deposit in the Altay Mountain, Xinjiang, northwestern China

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Geng-biao Qiao and Xiao-hong Wang conceived of the presented idea. Geng-biao Qiao and Ping Wang performed the computations and verified the analytical methods. Jun-Lu Chen encouraged Geng-biao Qiao to investigate the pegmatite veins in Bieyesamas lithium deposit. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgment

Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2024JC-ZDXM-22, 2020JM-311) and the Project of China Geological Survey (DD20240128, DD20230284, DD20221636).

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