Abstract:Zhunuo porphyry deposit, newly discovered in the west of southern Gangdase metallgoenic belt, Tibet, is a typical porphyrytype CuMo deposit with a very large Cu reserves. Rutile is one of the typical accessory minerals for porphyry copper deposits. Therefore, its composition and texture can deduce the evolution process of oreforming fluids and determine the main orebodies. Based on detailed field geological work, metallogenic porphyry (biotite granodiorite) samples from the potassic alteration zone were studied. The results indicate that the rutiles usually coexist with magnetite (Ⅰ kind) and hematite (Ⅲ kind), both of which occur in and around biotites. Striped (long10~0 μm, with 3~10 μm), granular (diameter 10~40 μm), or irregular rutiles occur within quartzpyrite veins (Ⅱ kind). The three occurrences of rutiles formed in three conditions: the I kind of rutiles was formed by the reaction of titanic magnetite under the condition of Srich environment during or after the alteration of biotite or titanite; the Ⅱ kind of rutiles was formed by reaction of ilmenite in the Orich environment during or after the alteration of biotite or titanite; and the Ⅲ kind of rutiles directly precipitated from the Tibearing fluid. The metallogenic porphyry has the high concentration (066 wt.%) of TiO2, which provided abundant oreforming material source. Electron microscope analyses show that rutiles are dominantly TiO2 of 94%, but relatively enriched in V2O3,Nb2O5,FeO,WO3,CaO,SiO2,Al2O3 and ZrO2, with few or without MgO and MgO The compositions of V2O3 and Nb2O.5 range from 020 ot 2.39 wt % (with an average of 0.49 wt%) and from 0.20 to 4.63 wt%( with an average of 1.25 wt%) respectively. And average compositions of WO3 and FeO are 192 wt% and 181 wt % respectively, with about 005wt.% of ZrO2 in rutiles. When carrying out exploration outside the Zhunou deposit using rutiles, the first consideration should be the composition of V2O3 in retiles above 02wt.% (Ⅱ kind should be above 05 wt.%), and then the composition of Nb2O5 should be considered above 02 wt.% (Ⅲ kind of retiles should above 26 wt.%) . And the high concentration of W,Fe , the anomaly of Zr should also be considered. Furthermore, the grain size of the Ⅱ kind of rutiles should be above 10 μm.