Mo-bearing quartz veins at Zhifang area form an orogenic type Mo system in Qinling.
Molybdenites from the Zhifang Mo system yield a mean Re–Os age of ~ 244 Ma.
Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes and Re contents suggest that the fluids were sourced from old crust.
Underthrusted back-arc basement beneath arc causes orogenic-type mineralization.
Continental arc to back-arc transitional area accommodates orogenic type deposits.