A genetic model of the giant Sangdong W–Mo skarn deposit in the Taebaeksan Basin, South Korea

The Sangdong deposit is a giant W–Mo skarn deposit located in the southern Taebaeksan Basin, South Korea. It consists of stratabound orebodies hosted by intercalated limestones of the Myobong Formation and massive limestones of the Pungchon Formation, part of the Cambrian–Ordovician Joseon Supergroup. The Cretaceous Sangdong granite is associated with the W–Mo mineralization. This highly evolved calc-alkaline S-type granite intruded the …