Abstract: The Urumqi-Jimusaer oil-shale mineralized belt of Late Permian is arcuately distributed in basin-mountain transform part between Junggar basin and Bogda mountain, which is about 134km in length and 10~20km in width. From west to east, many oil-shale deposits formed in inland lake environment are found in Yaomoshan, Shuimogou, Loucaogou, Sangonghe and Jiucaiyuanzi areas, with thickness of 0.6~10m in monolayer and 24~71m in total, with black color, a little lipid luster, less rigidity and oil-bearing ratio of 3.7% ~13.7%. The oil shale can be divided into four types such as paper, bitumen-turbination, layered and sandy ones, of which the paper-like oil shale is the best in quality. It is indicated that the predicted resources of oil shale amount to 114×108t (converting into shale oil is 5.7×108t) and proved resources of oil shale amount to 4×108t (converting into shale oil is 0.2×108t) in this oil-shale mineralized belt.

Key words: Xinjiang, oil shale, characteristic, resource, development prospect