The petrologic and mineralogical characteristics of the skarn in the Gaerqiong copper-gold deposit were studied in this paper. A study of petrochemical, rare-earth and trace element characteristics of the skarn-type ore shows that the skarn is calcic skarn, which has characteristics of weak negative Eu anomalies and LREE enrichment as well as the enrichment of large ion lithophile elements such as Rb, Th, Cs and U and the depletion of high field strength elements such as Hf, Ti and Y. Based on a discussion on the formation background of the Bangonghu-Nujiang metallogenic belt and the temporal-spatial relationship, the authors consider that the Gaerqiong deposit is a magmatic hydrothermal contact metasomatic type ore deposit.