Abstract:Our study involved zircon U- Pb dating and in- situ Hf isotope, and whole- rock geochemical analyses for the medium- coarse- grained biotite granites associated with tin mineralization and the fine- grained hornblende biotite granites far away from the ore bodies from the Samoeng deposit, in Thailand. Zircon U- Pb ages show that the two granites were formed at 210.9±1.1 Ma and 206.5±1.0 Ma, respectively. Both granites are characteristic of rich in alkali with total alkali content of 5.81%~8.22%, relatively rich in Rb, Th, and Pb, weakly to strongly peraluminous (A/CNK=1.01~1.14) and low in TFeO/MgO (0.75~3.54) and 10000Al/Ga (2.21~2.66) values. The medium- coarse- grained biotite granites have primary muscovite and relatively high K2O/Na2O (1.56~2.50) and Rb/Sr (2.26~2.60) ratios, with high P content in their zircons, belonging to typical S- type granites. While the fine- grained amphibole biotite granites are wide development of amphibole, and have relatively low K2O/Na2O (0.45~1.11) and Rb/Sr (0.54~1.18) ratios, with low content of P in their zircons, which can be classified as typical I- type granites. The two granites have quite different Hf isotopic compositions. The medium- coarse- grained biotite granites have relatively low εHf(t) values (20.0 to 8.9), with the corresponding two- stage Hf model age of 1.8 to 2.5 Ga (average values of 2.0 Ga). In contrast, the fine hornblende biotites granite have relatively high εHf (t) values (4.6 to 5.5), with the two- stage Hf model age of 0.9 to 1.5 Ga (average values of 1.1 Ga). Both two granites were formed in a post- collisional tectonic transition (from compression to extension) related to the closed Paleo- Tethys Ocean, and have similar magmatic temperatures and moderate fractionated (DI=79.6~88.0, SiO2=67.57%~72.97%, and zircon Zr/Hf values=29.8~64.9). The mid- coarse- grained biotite granites were suggested to be derived from Paleoproterozoic metagreywackes with low magmatic oxygen fugacities (average ΔFMQ 4.93), whereas the fine- grained amphibolite biotite granites mainly originated from juvenile meta- igneous rocks with the input of ancient meta- sedimentary component, and have relatively high magmatic oxygen fugacities (average ΔFMQ 2.76). We think the nature of the source region and magmatic oxygen fugacity condition could be the most important controlling factors for tin mineralization in the Samoeng deposit.