Abstract:Dawenkou basin in Shandong Province is a famous evaporite sedimentary basin in China. There are abundant types deposition mineral resources, such as gypsum and halite.Halitebearing strata are Paleogene Guanzhuang group,and orecontrolling structures are synsedimentary normal faults. In the basin,through analysis on K, Mg and δ34S isotopic characteristics, magnesium chloride brine coefficient and sodium chloride brine coefficient of salt spring, it is concluded that evaporates in the basin was formed in relatively closed and restoring sedimentary environments. According to characteristics of elements,magnesium chloride coefficient and sodium chloride coefficient,it is regarded that the basin has potassium condition and the criteria for prospecting potassium can be found.