新疆矿产资源丰富,迄今已发现矿种118种,占全国已知矿种的78%,矿点或矿产地4000多处,其中探明储量的矿种55种406处.在探明储量的矿产中,铍、白云母、蛇纹岩、钠硝石、长石、陶土六种居全国的首位,铬、锂、铯、石油、自然硫等十六种居全国前五位,此外还有二十九种矿产探明储量居西北地区第一、二位.同时,煤、石油、盐 Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources. So far, 118 types of minerals have been discovered, accounting for 78% of known minerals in the country, more than 4,000 mineral or mineral sites, and 406 minerals of proven reserves. 406 minerals in proven reserves. Among the six countries in the world, the six species of wolfberry, muscovite, serpentine, sodium silicate, feldspar, and clay soil rank first in the country, and the sixteen species of chromium, lithium, thorium, petroleum, and natural sulfur rank the top five in the country, and there are also twenty. The reserves of nine minerals rank first and second in the northwest region. At the same time, coal, petroleum, and salt