Thesuper-largePb-ZndepositatFankouisverycomplexinmetallogenicmechanism.Syngeneticbrinesedimentation,hotsubmarinespringeruption-accumulation,syngeneticsedimentation-vadosebrinereplacementhadbeensupposedasthegeneticmodelsbefore.Underthesemodels,syngeneticmineralizationshouldbedominantinoreformation.However,aseriesofgeologicalandgeochemicalpropertiesinvestigatedbyauthorsofthispaperarecontrarytothesemodels.Therefore,theauthorsheresuggestthatthisdepositisatypicalpolygeneticcompoundoredepositwhichsharethepropertiesofmultistagesofgeotectonicevolution,multifactorsofmineralizationcontrol,multisystemofmaterialderivationofmineralization,multimodesofmineralizationandmultitypesofgenesis.
