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TABLE 13
COMMON CLAY AND SHALE USED IN BUILDING BRICK
PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    2012   2013
State   Quantity   Valuer, e   Quantity   Valuee
Alabama 363 3,130 363 3,180
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi 410 2,290 251 1,420
California and Utah 170 970 94 1,060
Colorado 94 289 83 245
Georgia and South Carolina 822 4,510 578 2,030
Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan 221 996 153 626
Indiana 86 474 55 293
Kansas and Missouri 65 520 68 559
Kentucky3 and Tennessee 289 1,670 143 670
Nebraska and North Dakota 125 518 121 777
North Carolina 459 2,150 455 1,960
Ohio 353 4,490 159 877
Oklahoma 418 1,590 417 1,410
Pennsylvania 256 1,420 191 1,040
Texas 411 2,540 509 2,510
Virginia and West Virginia 527 2,410 370 1,500
Other4 230   1,250 132   888
Total   5,300   31,200   4,140   21,000
eEstimated. rRevised.-
1Includes extruded and other brick.
2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3Extruded brick only.
4Includes all other States except Alaska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and
Wisconsin.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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