| Abstract:Xinjiang is located in the northwest border of China, with a vast territory and abundant mineral resources, has a very important strategic position and has become a national reserve base for mineral resources. Strengthening geological and mineral exploration in Xinjiang and ensuring national energy and resource security has become urgent. The compilation of Xinjiang Volume of Mineral Geology of China is an unprecedented historic project in Xinjiang"s geological work, which has been successfully completed after eight years, and has formed four major achievements of "annals, maps, database, and popular edition in supporting the deployment of geological and mineral exploration and the management of mineral resources in Xinjiang. Based on the main content and important achievements of the compilation, this article provides an overview of the overall mineral resources and ore-forming geological background in Xinjiang. Surrounding the three elements of metallogenic regularity research, including spatial distribution, temporal distribution, and ore deposit type, this paper focuses on describing the characteristics and regularities of metallogenic series and metallogenic systems, and proposes a new understanding of the "two edges and two rings" and the This paper briefly describes the glorious history of Xinjiang"s centennial exploration from four stages: germination, starting, consolidation, and acceleration. It summarizes the fruitful achievements in establishing a new pattern of mineral exploration and development in Xinjiang and building a national reserve base for mineral resources. Finally, taking the metallogenic series of ore deposits as the main line, the overall layout, important directions, and primary breakthrough zones of Xinjiang mineral exploration are proposed, which will help Xinjiang achieve new breakthroughs in its new round of mineral exploration strategy. |
