Based on the petrographic and geochemical characteristics, petrogenesis of diabase dyke swarms in the southwestern area of Zhongtiao Mountains can be discussed in three groups. The results show that the basaltic magma was derived from partial melting of an enriched mantle. Group 1 directly came from initial mantle magma and experienced a small amount of fractional crystallization of mafic minerals. Groups 2 and 3 were derived from a mixing of the mantle and the crust magmas, which experienced fractional crystallization of plagioclase and Ti-Fe oxides. They were formed in the intraplate extensional environment, which might be related to the extension of the Xionger-Zhongtiao aulacogen.