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A report is presented of SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating data of meta-igneous and meta-sedimentary rocks of the Xinghuadukou Group (Xinlin-Hanjiayuanzi area, Heilongjiang Province) and meta-volcanic rocks of the Zhalantun Group (Zhalantun district, Inner Mongolia). The SHRIMP analyses show that the meta-igneous rocks from the Xinghuadukou Group formed at 506±10-547±46 Ma, belonging to Early-Middle Precambrian, whereas the meta-sedimentary rocks yielded detrital zircons, with ages of 1.0 -1.2, 1.6 -1.8 and 2.5 -2.6 Ga, indicative of deposition age at least <1.0 Ga. Meta-basic volcanic rocks from the Zhalantun Group have a formation age of 506±3 Ma. These data suggest that both the Xinghuadukou and Zhalantun Groups formed during Cambrian and/or Neoproterozoic time, rather than Paleoproterozoic time as previously thought. Early Precambrian inherited zircons in the meta-igneous rocks and numerous Precambrian detrital zircons inthe meta-sedimentary rocks imply that these rocks were formed proximal to older crust. It is inferred that the Xinghuadukou and Zhalantun Groups represent Cambrian and/or Neoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequences formed in an active continental margin setting.