The invention discloses a metal vein water jet mining method. The metal vein water jet mining method comprises the following steps that S1, cutting is carried out along the boundary of an ore body and waste rock surrounding rock by adopting a water jet cutting assembly, and the ore body is separated from the waste rock surrounding rock; S2, a plurality of positioning holes distributed in an array are formed in the ore body; S3, the positioning holes serve as blast holes, an axial nozzle of the water jet cutting assembly is adopted to cut the periphery of the positioning holes to form at least one detonating seam, openings of the detonating seams communicate with the positioning holes, then the positioning holes are filled with explosive, the holes are sealed, a detonating cord is arranged, and detonating is carried out to enable the ore blocks to be peeled off; or the axial nozzle of the water jet cutting assembly is adopted to cut the slots, and the slots divide the ore body into a plurality of ore blocks; and a radial nozzle in the water jet cutting assembly is used for performing radial cutting on the bottoms of the slots, and stripping of the ore blocks is achieved; and S4, the peeled ore blocks are transported away from the working face. The mechanical degree is high, the ore dilution loss rate can be remarkably reduced, the ore extraction efficiency is improved, and environmental pollution is reduced.