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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)
 
    2005   2006
State   Quantity   Valuee     Quantity   Valuee
Alabama 1,290 2,960 r 1,260 ####
Arkansas 480 559 r 460 698
California 307 1,000 294 1,030
Colorado 222 1,590 r 181 1,140
Georgia 1,370 7,660 1,350 8,020
Kentucky3 429 1,660 476 2,650
Maryland 248 373 r 219 W
Mississippi 565 2,730 549 3,100
North Carolina 2,120 #### r 2,250 ####
Ohio 752 3,780 r 438 2,410
Oklahoma 788 1,030 737 1,940
Pennsylvania 643 3,000 r 662 4,800
South Carolina 810 2,250 r 651 2,270
Tennessee 372 3,830 231 1,530
Texas 1,140 3,660 r 1,070 4,670
Virginia 983 4,520 762 1,810
Other4 2,380 r 8,740 r   2,210   ####
Total   14,900 r #### r 13,800   ####
eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company
proprietary data; included in "Other."
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 and data represented by symbol W.
Excludes Alaska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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