The Dongping-type gold deposits occur at the inner and outer contact zones of the Shuiquangou syenite complex, which locates to the south of the northern margin fault of the North China Craton.

• 东坪式金矿床产于华北地台北缘金矿成矿带的冀西北金矿集中区,构造上位于华北克拉通北缘深大断裂-尚义-赤城断裂的南侧。