Abstract:Tidal Basin is the Cenozoic fault bend mountain basin developed above Alashan block after IndoChina movement, which experienced three stages, such as early and medium Jurassic depression, late Jurassic depression, and the subsequent transformation. Ayouqi banner depression which is located in the northwest of the basin is an important secondary structural units. Due to the distribution of the fault depression are controlled by normal faults, thrust faults and reverse faults, etc, it is divided into five major secondary structures unit blocks. Depressions in different times have many interpretting types, such as overlapping superimposion, superimposed preservation and partial superimposed transformation in space. It has great significance to study the tectonic characteristics of Ayouqi Banner depression for the development of mineral resources in this area.