The Xixia rutile deposit sits in southern bonier of eastern block of the Qinling orogenic belt.Orebody occurs in the third member of Guishan formation, Paleozoic Xinyang group.

• 西峡金红石矿床位于秦岭造山带东段南缘，矿体赋存于古生代信阳群龟山组第三段，含矿岩石为含金红石角闪质片岩。