China is one of the countries with rich mercury ore resource.the total recoverable deposits in mercury is 81 400 tons and takes the third place in the world. There are 103 producing areas that have been exploited and distribute in 13 provinces (regions), and they mainly include: Wanshan, Wuchuan, Danzhai and Tonsgren of Guizhou Province and Xinhuang of Hunan Province. guizhou Province has the most mercury, whose storage accounts for 40% of the mercury storage of the whole country.
Guizhou is among the top ten sites in the nation in the reserve of 42 kinds of minerals and the top three in 22 kinds. The province is particularly strong in the reserves of coal, phosphorus, mercury, aluminum, manganese, antimony, gold, barite, raw materials for cement and bricks, as well as dolomite, sandstone and limestone. The mercury reserve, after long years of tapping, still makes up 38% of the total amount in the country.
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