Abstract:Yanshuigoubei mine is located in the north of Kuche county in Uygur Autonomous Region. Its tectonic position is in Tajikistan Tarim block area, Tarim block, northern Tarim uplift and Kuche foreland basin. Tectonic activity in this area is strong. The copper deposit occurrs in the first lithologic section of the Neocene Tongkangcun formation. The ore body is stratified and is strictly controlled by the strata. 10 copper ore bodies have been delineated, and ore minerals are malachite, cuprite, brochantite and natural copper with no stone. Roof and floor rock are brownish red and light red silty mudstone. The deposit is a sandstone type copper deposit.