Abstract:Soils and plants in tailings factories, waste rock site and residential areas in Shanhu tungsten tin deposit in Guangxi province have been sampled and analyzed. Collecting 271620 soil samples from tailings factories, waste rock sites and residents area in surrounding areas of Shanhu deposit, 27 plants samples from tailings factory, by using atomic fluorescence analysis method, mercury contents in different parts of the soil and grass have been determined. It is showed that the mercury contents of soil near the mining are higher than the contents in far mining area. Mercury content in soil in residents is higher than in tailings field, while the mercury content in tailings field is higher than in waste rock field. Mercury contents in 65.0% of residents area, 7.4% tailings field and 6.3% in spoil ground can exceed the second grade standard of minimum value (mercury content is less than or equal to 0.2μg/g) of "soil environmental quality standard (GB 156182008).