近代中国汞矿的地质调查、勘探、开发利用，1919～1949年先后有翁文灏、乐森王寻、王曰伦、熊永先、吴希曾、田奇王隽、刘国昌、周德忠等20多位地质学家对贵州、湖南、云南、广西、四川、湖北、甘肃等地的汞矿进行了开创性的地质调查和研究，著有简报或论文。40年代，资源委员会对一些汞矿产地进行探采工作。新中国成立后，为适应国民经济建设的需要，于50年代开始了大规模的地质勘探和开发工作，如今中国已成为世界上的主要汞矿生产国之一。

Modern mercury deposit, China Geological Survey, exploration, exploitation utilization, from 1919 to 1949 has Weng Wenhao, Yue Wang Sen, Wang yuelun, Xiong Yongxian, Xi Zeng Wu, Tian Qi Wang Jun, Liu Guochang, de Zhong Zhou etc. more than 20 geologists in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu mercury mine the start of geological survey and study, the author briefs or paper. In the 40's, the Resources Committee on some of the mining area to explore the production of mercury. After the founding of new China, in order to meet the needs of the national economic construction, in the 50's began large-scale geological exploration and development work, and now China has become one of the world's major producers of mercury.