line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal>In this paper, the authors report the SHRIMP U-Pb zircon data for basalt from the Qiqijianake ophiolitic mélange. It shows that the Qiqijianake ophiolitic mélange formed in the Early Devonian (399±4) Ma. In combination with previously published data, the authors infer that the Qiqijianake ophiolitic mélange and Jigen ophiolitic remnant are the extention of South Tianshan ophiolite zone in central