在滇中易门-罗茨断裂带以西前人划分的昆阳群美党组中发现了大量的中酸性凝灰岩。采用锆石激光剥蚀法(LAICP-MS)对易门县铜厂一带的英安质凝灰岩、石英晶屑凝灰岩进行了年龄测定,获得锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值为1842±26Ma(MSWD=7.6,
Medium-acid tuff was extensively found in Meidang Formation of Kunyang Group, which was determined by previous researchers in the west of Yimen-Luoci faults belt. Using the zircon laser denudation method (LA-ICP-MS), the authors obtained weighted average ages of 1842±26Ma (MSWD=7.6, n=29) and 1860±25Ma (MSWD=2.5, n=11) from dacitic tuff and quartz crystal tuff in Tongchang area, Yimen County, central Yunnan Province. Th/U ratios of zircon, which was of magmatic origin and with clear vibration band, were obtained from two samples (0.2~1.0). The tuff was found from a volcanic-microclastic rock assembly, which is over 1000m in thickness. There is a black slate-carbonate rock assembly, which is about 800m in thickness, under the volcanic-microclastic rock assembly. It is thus inferred that there is a large area of Paleoproterozoic strata, which are over 2000m in thickness in Yimen area of central Yunnan Province. The ages coincide with Columbia Supercontinent, and hence Yangtze block''s location and significance ought to be taken into account in the reconstruction process of Columbia Supercontinent.