Abstract:Accompanying with gradual advance of deep ore prospecting, mineral exploration in deep coverage areas will be main study object in the future. The successful case of skarn type iron ore prospecting in Qihe Yucheng ultra deep coverage area in western Shandong province has very important reference significance for iron ore exploration in relevant areas. Qihe Yucheng area belongs to low—gentle geophysical anomaly area, and iron deposits are located under Cenozoic huge thick coverage area with difficult exploration. At present, the iron ore bodies discovered in the exploration areas are located in Litun, Dazhang, Guodian village and other places, which are generally characterized by "deep burial, large thickness, high grade, large reserves". On the basis of summingg up regional mineral exploration experiences, the effectiveness of exploration technology in the area has been analyzed , and the combination of special geological survey (comprehensive study), areal magnetic survey, areal gravity survey, largescale comprehensive geophysical profile survey (magnetic method, gravity method, electrical method, seismic method, etc.), drilling, logging and other technical means have been optimized to carry out exploration work. Based on the study of iron ore exploration results in the area, according to the thought of selecting areas on the surface, selecting sections in the area, and selecting points in the section, a technical system for the exploration of skarn iron ore in the ultradeep coverage area has been set up, that is comprehensive study of full period guidance—information integration and preliminary selection of anomalies—selecting area of airborne geophysical anomalies—selecting sector of surface geophysical anomalies—selecting points of geophysical profile anomalies—borehole and logging verification anomalies. In the exploration process, it is necessary to continuously analyze and study technical advantages of each prospecting method to obtain the best prospecting effect. It also provides technical means and exploration experience in the process of prospecting for skarn type iron ores in similar areas.