Mineral magnetic parameters and contents of SiO2(w(SiO2)) were measured on sediments of upper reaches of Haohe River and quartz tail-sands.Results show that w(SiO2) of the sediments is more than 80%.It proves that sediments of upper reaches of Haohe River has been seriously polluted by quartz tail-sands.Magnetic measurement results show that the magnetic characteristics for sediments and quartz tail-sands are basically the same.