It is rich in resources. More than 30 kinds of minerals has been explored including coal, iron, limestone, gold, natural gas as clay rock, pottery clay, silver, copper, manganese, barite, quartzite granite.

• 广元矿产资源丰富。已探明的矿藏有30多种,尤以煤、铁、石灰石、黄金、粘土矿、陶土、银、铜、锰、重晶石、石英石、花岗石等矿藏储量丰富,具有很高的开采价值。