The Sangkaropi ore district in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia lies on the circum-Pacific volcanic island arc.It is one of the largest and high quality polymetallic deposits discovered in recent years, with mainly lead-zinc and occasionally copper-silver-gold resources.Firstly,the authors used spontaneous potential (SP) and induced polarization (IP) method to sieve superficial anomalies,and employed the transient electromagnetic section to evaluate the attitude and distribution of ore-related anomalies.The conclusion is that the major SP and IP anomalies lie at Bilolo,Rumanga and Medila and might be caused by concealed NW-trending gently-oblique tabular orebodies.Secondly,the authors compared the Sangkaropi deposit and the Kuroko-type deposit in Japan,and reached the conclusion that the Sangkaropi ore deposit was caused by Kuroko-type mineralization and geological structure,and hence has the characteristics of both Kuroko-type deposit and linear mineralization.Finally,the authors made a suggestion for prospecting on the basis of geophysical anomaly,Kuroko-type deposit characteristics and geological structure.The results obtained by the authors are helpful in the search for similar deposits in peripheral areas.