The Dexing deposit, located in the Circum-Pacific ore belt, is the largest porphyry copper deposit in eastern China. It is composed of 3 separate plutons, which host three individual mines (Tongchang, Fujiawu and Zhushahong). The porphyritic granodiorite samples studied in this investigation were collected from the Tongchang ore-forming pluton of this giant deposit. This paper presents electron microprobe analyses of biotite, apatite, amphibole, plagioclase, potassium feldspar and rehomogenized glassy melt inclusions from the Tongchang porphyritic granodiorites. Petrographic observations on these samples show that the portions of granodioritic magma represented by our samples were overprinted by potassic hydrothermal fluid which variably altered these minerals. All of the studied micas are Mg-rich biotite. The biotites are separated into altered magmatic and secondary types based on their petrographic and geochemical characteristics. The phlogopite components of the secondary biotites are typically higher than those of the altered magmatic biotites, and the X Mg values of all biotites correlate negatively with their Cl contents showing that they conform to the Mg-Cl avoidance principle. The X Mg values also correlate negatively with the contents of (K 2 O+Na 2 O+BaO), FeO and TiO 2 for both generations of biotites. The calculated log