The paper demonstrates that the formation of gold deposits in the ZhaoyuanLaizhou (formerly Yexian Caunty) area in eastern Shandong is strictly controlled by ductile-brittle fault systems and closely related to the Guojialing Granodiorite in origin, and the types of ore deposits there include quartz-vein type and altered-rock (in fractured zone) type found in earlier days,and the veinlet-disseminated type discovered in recent years. With the discovery and exploration of the hidden Cangshang gold deposit and...