Most economically important medium-to large-sized Ag-polymetallic deposits occurring in south-central part of the Da Hinggan Mountains in east Inner Mongolia are hosted by Permian strata. The LA-MC-ICP-MS dating of zircons from tuffaceous slate outcropped in the western part of the Aonaodaba Cu-Ag-Sn deposit yielded an U-Pb age of (302.6±1.9) Ma with MSWD being 2.0, which indicates that the original rock of the tuffaceous slate was formed in late Carboniferous instead of in Permian considered by previous researchers.