Taking the gold mine waste rock in Xiaoqinling gold mining district in Lingbao as the research object,the process mineralogical characteristics of waste rock such as chemical composition,mineral composition,texture and structure,embedding characteristics,and occurrence state of main metal minerals are systematically analyzed.The results show that the potentially useful minerals of gold mine waste rocks are gold,quartz,and feldspar,and gold is mainly fine-grained native gold,which has a high correlation with pyrite,galena,and gangue minerals.For the mineral processing technology,gravity separation is not suitable for gold enrichment from the waste rock,and flotation can be used.The principle process of extracting quartz and feldspar includes desliming and magnetic separation to remove iron;the waste rock should be desulfurized before being used as a sand aggregate.This study can provide a theoretical basis for the research on mineral processing technology of the gold mine waste rock in Xiaoqinling gold mining district in Lingbao,realizing the recycling of waste rock,the goal of tailings-free mine,and improving the comprehensive uti-lization rate of resources.