湘西土家族苗族自治州矿产资源丰富,合理地进行开发利用,对于发展湘西少数民族工矿业,振兴湘西经济,具有重要的意义。湘西具有矿产资源优势湘西地质构造复杂,有塞武纪、奥陶纪、二叠纪各种地质年代的地层,成矿条件优越,矿种多,储量大,品位高。目前已发现的矿苗有五十多种,有一定储量的不下二十 Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture rich in mineral resources, rational development and utilization for the development of industrial and mining minorities in western Hunan, revitalizing the economy of Xiangxi, is of great significance. Xiangxi has the advantages of mineral resources Xiangxi geological structure is complex, with the Seyvian, Ordovician, Permian geological era of various strata, superior metallogenic conditions, more minerals, large reserves, high grade. Has been found in more than 50 kinds of seedlings, a certain amount of no less than twenty