The Reshui granite is located at south of the Guidong composite granite. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating yields an age of (162.8±5.8) Ma (MSWD=4.2), suggesting its formation in the early Yanshanian period. Source rock discriminating suggests pelite for the origin of the granite. Under the tectonic environment of subduction of the paleo-Pacific Plate in the early Yanshanian period, which revivified the pre-existed Dadongshan-Guidong fault, the Reshui granite was formed from a granitic magma probably generated by low-degree partial melting of the Early Mesoproterozoic meta-pelite in the source.