Abstract: Basaltic volcanic rocks in the Zongyang area occur in the middle part of the the Luzong(Lujiang-Zongyang)Basin, which is one of the important ore cluster regions in the Middle-Lower Yangtze metallogenic belt. Lithogeochemical study of basaltic volcanic rocks in the Zongyang area has been carried out in order to understand their sources and petrogenetic process. The basaltic volcanic rocks are low in Si, Ti, and Mg^#, and high in alkali, suggesting that the rocks belong to shoshonitic rock series. The rocks are characterized by high total rare-earth elements(REE)contents, right-inclined chrondrite-normalized REE patterns, weak negative Eu anomalies; high LILEs(such as Rb, K and Sr)relatively to HFSEs(such as Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf), as well as the distinct negative Nb and Ta anomalies. This study suggests that the original basaltic magma was formed by partial melting of enriched lithospheric mantle at an extensional setting and experienced weak fractional crystallization and crust contamination, and ascended along deep fault and erupted to the surface rapidly and formed the basaltic volcanic rocks.