The ultra-low-grade Fe ore resource (content of total Fe is lower than 20%) hosted in mafic-ultramafic complexes in Chengde plays an important role in the iron production of Hebei Province, China. In order to investigate the ore-forming age and ore genesis of the Tiemahabaqin ultra-low Fe deposit, this paper presents electron microprobe and 40Ar/39Ar isotopic data of the hornblendes from iron-bearing hornblendites. The 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages of the hornblende from hornblendites yielded 379~401 Ma, which indicates that the ore-forming process was formed in the Devonian period. Tectonically, the iron-bearing hornblendites are probably related to post-collisinoal extension after the arc-continental collision between the Bainaimiao arc belt and the northern margin of the North China craton during the latest Silurian period.