Abstract:Xishipeng gold deposit is located at the QixiaPenglai metallogenic belt. It is a postmagmatic hydrothermal deposit. The ore bodies occur as veins or lenses and are controlled by NNE—NE trending fractures and faults. The host rock of the ore bodies is Guojialing monzonite granite. Ores are mainly composed of granitic cataclastic rocks, which underwent beresitization alteration with minor quartz veins. The ore minerals include pyrite, electrum and native gold. For further deposit prospecting, geological characteristics and orecontrolling factors of Xishipeng gold deposit have been studied in the paper. Based on analyzing the criteria for ore prospecting, it is suggested that favorable prospecting potential can be expected in the deep part.