老挝地质矿产调查程度很低 ,目前对地质构造特征和矿产资源情况只了解其大概 .其境内总体上为古生代和中生代褶皱 ,仅在西北部可见少量前寒武纪变质基底 .现已发现了铁、金、铜、铅、锌、锡、钼、锑、钾盐、石膏、煤、高岭土、宝石等 2 0余种矿产 ,其中经过系统地质勘查的矿床 (点 )很少 ,投入工业开发的更少 ,具有很大的资源开发潜力 . The investigation of geology and mineral resources in Laos is very low, so far we can only know about the geological structure and mineral resources, which are generally the Paleozoic and Mesozoic folds in the territory, only a small amount of pre-Cambrian metamorphic basement can be seen in the northwest. More than 20 kinds of minerals such as gold, copper, lead, zinc, tin, molybdenum, antimony, potash, gypsum, coal, kaolin and precious stones have been put into the industrial development. Less, with great potential for resource development.