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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| CRUSHED AND GROUND BARITE SOLD OR USED BY PROCESSORS | ||||||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Number | (thousand | Value | Number | (thousand | Value | |||||||
| State | of plants | metric tons) | (thousands) | of plants | metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Louisiana | 6 | 1,360 | $132,000 | 6 | 1,300 | $125,000 | ||||||
| Texas | 8 | 1,010 | 87,300 | 8 | 1,020 | 109,000 | ||||||
| Other3 | 10 | r | 665 | 69,400 | 10 | 649 | 74,000 | |||||
| Total | 24 | r | 3,040 | 289,000 | 24 | 2,980 | 308,000 | |||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes imports. | ||||||||||||
| 3Includes Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee, and Wyoming. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program