[Objective]The Gouli area is one of the important gold and polymetallic belt in the East Kunlun Oro-gen.There is no research on lineament identification and mineral exploration based on multisource remote sensing data in the area.[Methods]In this paper,various enhancement techniques were employed on Landsat 8 OLI,GF-2 and DEM data to delineate structural lineaments.Meanwhile,information on geological,mineral and geo-chemical anomalies was combined to define prospecting targets in the Gouli area.[Results]The results show that(1)The tectonic framework of the study area can be divided into two regions by the boundary of Kaketeer-Seride.The lineament in the northern region is most developed in the NNE direction,followed by the near-EW direction,and less distributed in the NW and NE directions.The lineament in the southern region is mainly developed in the near-EW direction,and the NW to NE directions are less distributed.(2)The gold ore is controlled by linea-ments.(3)The areas of densely distributed and intersected lineaments,as well as the areas connected by different colors on remote sensing images,are favorable locations for gold mineralization.Finally,based on the comprehen-sive analysis of multiple geological information and remote sensing interpreted tectonic information,four prospecting targets were identified in the study area and verified in the field.[Conclusion]This study proves that multisource remote sensing data can better identify the spatial structure characteristics of surface tectonics,which can provide a reference and basis for prospecting new deposits in the Gouli area.