Many gold deposits have been found in the western section of East Kunlun Mountains in Qinghai Province.This area is characterized by complex geological structure,frequent magmatic activity and excellent metallogenic conditions.The geology and prospecting potential of gold deposit were carried out and the metallogenic regularity of gold deposits was preliminarily summarized in this area.However,the late discovery of the deposit and inconvenient natural conditions restrict the systematic study of the genetic types of gold deposits and the establishment of the metallogenic model of the main types of gold deposits in the area,which seriously restricts the breakthrough of gold exploration.Based on the classification of gold deposits at home and abroad and the 27 gold deposits(points) discovered in the study area,this paper determines that the genetic types of gold deposits in the study area are orogenic type,contact metasomatic type,post magmatic medium and low temperature hydrothermal type and mechanical sedimentary type.Among the 27 deposits,there are 18 orogenic gold deposits,accounting for two-thirds.The estimated resource of orogenic gold deposits accounts for 51%.Therefore,orogenic gold deposits are the most important type in the western section of East Kunlun.Through the analysis of metallogenic environment,it is considered that orogenic gold deposits in the area mainly formed in the Late Triassic.Deep fault is the main ore controlling structure,while ductile shear zone,secondary brittle fault,structural fracture and interlayer fracture zone are good ore storage structures.The ore-forming materials come from the background of post collision compression strike slip,and tectonism provides the basis for the accumulation and precipitation of ore-forming materials.Through the study,the metallogenic model of gold deposit in the study area is preliminarily established.Regional metallogenic model of gold deposit manifested as:In the Triassic collision-post collision stage,the regional crust mantle interaction strongly formed the mantle crust derived granite and its related gold mineralization system.The main types of gold deposits are contact metasomatic type and post magmatic medium and low temperature hydrothermal type,which occur in the outer contact zone of the rock mass and the top of the rock mass respectively.The former is such as Haxiyatu deposit and Tawenchahanxi deposit,and the latter is such as Kude’erte deposit.At the same time,the whole region is under the condition of compressive strike slip deformation tectonic stress,and the deep and large fault activity is strong,which leads to the deep metamorphic hydrothermal solution and controls the development of ductile shear zone.The deep metamorphic hydrothermal fluid moves upward under the control of the ductile shear zone. In the process of metamorphism,the ore-forming materials dispersed in the formation rocks are activated into the metamorphic fluid and become the gold initially enriched in the ore bearing hydrothermal medium basic volcanic rocks and other rocks,forming the gold bearing metamorphic hydrothermal fluid.In the ductile brittle deformation transition zone of ductile shear zone,or its side brittle fracture,structural fracture and interlayer structural zone,due to the reduction of pressure and the temperature of gold bearing metamorphic hydrothermal solution,gold and other metallogenic elements precipitated and formed orogenic gold deposits.After the Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic orogeny,the region continued to develop intracontinentally (basin mountain transformation),the mountains rose strongly,and placer gold deposits were formed in Cenozoic.