REPORT ON THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF MERCURIAN SILVER IN CHINA

I.OCCURRENCE Mercurian silver occurs in the oxidation zone-type Cu-Ag ore deposit around the Shuidong area, Nayong County, Guizhou Province. The Cu-Ag deposit is present in the upper part of the Sinian Dengying Formation dolomite. It is small in size and contains some orebodies which are dispersed in distribution and diverse in shape. Evidence shows that