Abstract:Dwenkou basin is the biggest sedimentary orebearing basin in western Shandong province. Rich mineral resources occurred in this basin with abundant reserves, such as rocksalt deposit, gypsum deposit and native sulfur deposit. At present, geologistical experts and scholars hold different viewpoints on geological forming conditions of salt type deposits in Dawenkou basin. In this paper, from the aspects of minerals source, climate effects, paleogeography and geological structures, the forming origin of Dawenkou basin has been studied.