Chemical compositions of tourmaline from the vein-type tungsten deposits of the Kaneuchi mine in Japan are obtained with an electron probe microanalyzer. Tourmaline occurring at this mine belongs to the dravite-schorl series. Magnesium contents are high compared with tourmaline from granitic zones. This suggests that ore-forming solutions are not formed directly from magmatic fluid and reacted with sedimentary rocks. Compositions of tourmaline in quartz veins are similar to those in host rocks, and the bulk compositions of host rocks do not indicate magnesium metasomatic reactions. It can therefore be concluded that water/rock interactions occurred at a deeper level which remains unexplored.