The duration of formation of mobile zones of Caledonides, Hercynides, Kimmerides and Alpides is on average the same and is 160+/-15 Ma. The ratio of the time of formation of orogenic structures to geosynclinal structures proper in the mobile zones hosting large stratified deposits of lead and zinc is 10 %, volcanogenic copper-zinc deposits - 33 %, and rare-metal (Sn, W, Mo, Ai) - 75 %. This circumstance is connected, apparently, with the degree of warming of the Earth's crust and its processing by mantle fluid flows.