Abstract:Breccias are widespread throughout the Xikuangshan antimony deposit, central Hunan. Breccias can be divided into syndepositional breccia, paleokarst breccia, fault breccia, and hydraulic breccia. The orerelated breccias in the Xikuangshan deposit are emphatically discussed in this study. On the basis of detailed field investigation and qualitative analysis for these orerelated breccias, the fractal parameters Ds for breccia’s particle size distribution, and Dr and Dl for breccia’s fragment morphology distribution are determined by quantitative description approaches using fractal geometry methods, and the formation mechanism of these orerelated breccias is finally discussed. It is revealed that breccias related to antimony mineralization in the studied deposit can be divided into calcitecemented and silicacemented breccias. Fragments of those calcitecemented breccias mainly consist of weaklysilicified limestone, but highlysilicified limestone constitutes the silicacemented breccias’ fragments. Based on qualitative analysis and fractal quantitative investigations, it is concluded that hydraulic fracturing is responsible for the formation of calcitecemented breccias. Besides hydraulic fracturing, the formation of silicacemented breccias is also affected by chemical dissolution of hydrothermal solution. Therefore hydraulic fracturing is the most important mechanism for the formation of those orerelated breccias in the Xikuangshan mining district.