On the Discovery and Prospecting Significance of the Baozigou Gold Deposit in the Western Part of East Kunlun, Xinjiang

East Kunlun is one of the most important metallogenic belts in China. there are still some weak gold prospecting areas between Xinjiang and Qinghai province. Through anomaly verification and 1∶10,000 geological survey in the Aquedun area of the western section of East Kunlun, Xinjiang, two new gold alteration zones were discovered in the area of Baozigou. The grade and the scale in the surface of gold mineralization indicate a good gold prospect. The new discovery of Baozigou gold deposit will promote the gold prospecting work in the western part of East Kunlun in Xinjiang.