Abstract:How to get accurate metallogenic age is the key to study hydrothermal gold deposits. Dating methods for hydrothermal gold deposits have been reviewed in this paper, such as Re-Os, U-Pb, Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar. The applicability and limitation of each dating method have been discussed. It is regarded that the formation of gold deposits is the product of comprehensive geological events. In gold dating, it is necessary to strengthen the study on geological background of diagenesis and mineralization of gold deposits, determine the formation ages of landmark geological bodies and ore bodies, so as to limit the diagenetic and metallogenic ages of each other and obtain high quality chronological data.