Qinghai Province is the birthplace of Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River, known as “Source of Three Rivers”, “Headwater” and “Chinese Water Tower”. At the same time, because the economic development level is relatively backward, mineral resources economics is one of the main economic sources, and the supporting role of the mineral economics on GDP will still be difficult to be replaced by others in the near future. Being located in Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the ecological system is very fragile, the development of mineral resources is bound to cause serious damage to vegetation, water resources and other ecological environments. Grassland degradation, soil erosion, soil alkalization and hardening, prolonged dry season of surface water, groundwater salinity increasing and pastoral ability declining have appeared in many developed mining areas. In this background, it is imperative to establish a green prospecting standard. The paper discusses the necessity of formulating implementation of green prospecting standard for Qinghai Province and the related operating specifications.