猫岭矿集区位于辽东半岛西部，已探明特大型金矿床1处，中型金矿床3处。前人研究成果多集中于单个金矿床，很少从矿集区尺度探究金矿床地质特征和空间分布规律。在综合研究猫岭矿集区32处金矿床（点）的基础上，按照热液成矿理论，金矿床成因类型可划分为3种：①热液蚀变岩型，为主要类型，矿体主要赋存于辽河群上部碎屑岩变质沉积建造，金资源储量大；②热液蚀变-石英脉型，矿体主要赋存于辽河群与岩体接触带；③热液石英脉型，矿体主要赋存于中生代岩浆岩系统。猫岭矿集区金矿床在空间上呈近北西向分布，与辽河群盖县组空间展布一致，呈现出金成矿专属性。金矿床围绕中生代卧龙泉岩体分布，矿化类型在该岩体以西主要表现为金矿化，以东主要表现为铅锌矿化。猫岭矿集区是一个赋存于辽河群变质沉积建造、与中生代侵入岩相关的热液成矿系统。

Maoling ore concentration area is located in the western of Liaodong Peninsula,where a super large-scale and three medium-sized gold deposits have been verified.Most previous studies focus on inpidual gold deposit and seldom explore the geological features and spatial distribution of gold deposits from the perspective of the scale of ore concentration area.On the basis of comprehensive research on 32 gold deposits(occurrences) in Maoling ore concentration area,according to the theory of hydrothermal mineralization,the genesis type of gold deposits can be pided into 3 types:①hydrothermal alteration rock type,which is the main type and the ore body mainly occurs in the clastic metamorphic sedimentary construction of the upper part of the Liaohe Group,with a large gold resource reserve;②hydrothermal alteration-quartz vein type,with the ore body mainly occurring in the contact zone between the Liaohe Group and the rock mass;③hydrothermal quartz vein type,with the ore body mainly occurring in the Mesozoic magmatic rock system.The gold deposits in the Maoling mining district are spatially distributed in a near NW direction,consistent with the spatial distribution of the Gaixian Formation of the Liaohe Group,showing a specific gold mineralization property.The gold deposits surround the Mesozoic Wolongquan rock mass,with gold mineralization mainly occurring west of the rock mass and lead-zinc mineralization mainly occurring east of the rock mass.The Maoling ore concentration area is a hydrothermal ore-forming system associated with the metamorphic sedimentary construction of the Liaohe Group and Mesozoic intrusive rocks.