Abstract: B.Houayluang Gold Deposit in Bak-Ou County， Laos is located in the extension part of the southern Sanjiang metallogenic belt in Yunnan Province， which is an important metallogenic area of hydrothermal type Pb-Zn deposit， volcanic sedimentary type Cu deposit， porphyritic-magmatic hydrothermal type Cu-Au deposit and sedimentary type deposit. In order to find out the potential of copper-gold polymetallic mineral resources in the mining area， based on the working results of geological， remote sensing， geophysical and geochemical exploration， exploration engineering investigation and so on in the area，the geological and metallogenic background， geological and geochemical characteristics， metallogenic model are analyzed，and three prospecting target areas are divided in the study area，i.e. western prospecting target area （Ⅰ），eastern prospecting target area （Ⅱ） and southern prospecting target area （Ⅲ）.The area of western prospecting target area （Ⅰ） is about 13.63 square kilometres， two faulted structures are developed in the area， five geochemical comprehensive anomalies （HT1， HT2， HT4， HT5， HT6） are delineated， one gold mineralization point is discovered in B.Houayle， seven gold mineralized bodies are disclosed through the trench and stripping engineering， mineralization occurs mainly at the contact edge of altered sericite， diorite， limestone and other epimetamorphic rocks， and it is predicted that the target area （Ⅰ）has good prospecting potential for Au deposit.The area of eastern prospecting target area （Ⅱ） is about 5.18 square kilometres， one geochemical comprehensive anomalies （HT3） is delineated， two copper mineralized veins are discovered in the quartz fracture belt， andesite is the surrounding rock， and it is predicted that it has prospecting potential for Au or Cu deposit in target area （Ⅱ）.The area of southern prospecting target area （Ⅲ） is about 1.88 square kilometres， A NE-SE fault passes through the west side of the area， the B.Houaykha gold mine point is discovered， two gold mineralized bodies （belts） are disclosed through the trench and stripping engineering， mineralization occurs mainly in altered andesite， and it is predicted that the target area （Ⅲ） has prospecting potential for Au deposit. It is concluded that the formation of mineralized bodies may be related to the lithology， rock mass or fault structure， this deposit belongs to structural meso-epithermal hydrothermal type gold deposit.Based on the above discussion results，some prospecting indicators from the aspects of geochemistry， structures， alteration of surrounding rock and mineral assemblage are proposed，which have an reference significance for Au-prospecting in Sanjiang metallogenic belt in China.

Key words: gold deposit, geological and geochemical characteristics, metallogenic model, metallogenic prediction, prospecting indicator