Wutai meta-volcanics erupted from 2548 Ma to 2538 Ma.
Xenocrystic zircons at 3.61 Ga, 2.97–2.83 Ga and 2.7 Ga were found.
Group 1 derived from partial melting of depleted mantle in a fore-arc tectonic setting.
Group 2 and 3 derived from a metasomatized mantle wedge.
An intra-oceanic arc underlain in part by a ∼2.7 Ga micro-continent at 2.55–2.52 Ga.