The deposit was formed along denudational faults at the margin of the Jiaolai Basin during the Yanshanian volcanic period with meteoric water involved, instead of sedimentation|reworking origin.

• 认为蓬家夼金矿是在白垩系火山活动期间，以大气降水为主的混合水循环系统，萃取围岩（主要是荆山群）中的成矿物质，沿滑脱断层沉淀形成的，而不是前人所确定的沉积-改造作用形成的新类型金矿床。