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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||
| COMMON CLAY AND SHALE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS | |||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND USE1, 2 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| State: | |||||||||
| Alabama | 2,280 | 29,000 | 2,210 | 38,800 | |||||
| Arkansas | 1,210 | 1,900 | 1,140 | 2,550 | |||||
| California | 1,010 | 16,600 | 744 | 7,640 | |||||
| Georgia | 1,530 | 8,730 | 1,510 | 9,150 | |||||
| Indiana | 809 | 13,500 | 779 | 16,400 | |||||
| Kansas | 654 | 4,590 | 697 | 7,440 | |||||
| Kentucky | 1,060 | 4,370 | 1,000 | 5,140 | |||||
| Louisiana | 416 | 13,100 | 563 | 23,700 | |||||
| Mississippi | 642 | 2,860 | 549 | 3,100 | |||||
| Missouri | 822 | 3,400 | 750 | 4,160 | |||||
| New York | 785 | 11,700 | 813 | 30,400 | |||||
| North Carolina | 2,180 | 13,900 | 2,340 | 24,200 | |||||
| Ohio | 1,310 | 6,880 | 1,580 | 17,800 | |||||
| Oklahoma | 903 | 2,520 | 1,180 | 4,700 | |||||
| Pennsylvania | 705 | 3,460 | 742 | 5,630 | |||||
| South Carolina | 1,020 | 3,610 | 992 | 4,250 | |||||
| Texas | 2,340 | 8,680 | 2,360 | 12,600 | |||||
| Utah | 478 | 6,710 | 526 | 10,700 | |||||
| Virginia | 982 | 4,690 | 762 | 1,810 | |||||
| Other3 | 3,220 | r | 15,600 | r | 2,960 | 13,100 | |||
| Total | 24,300 | r | ##### | 24,200 | ##### | ||||
| Use: | |||||||||
| Floor and wall tile4 | 409 | NA | 249 | NA | |||||
| Heavy clay products: | |||||||||
| Brick, extruded | 13,200 | NA | 12,200 | NA | |||||
| Brick, other | 1,680 | NA | 1,610 | NA | |||||
| Other5 | 273 | NA | 266 | NA | |||||
| Lightweight aggregate: | |||||||||
| Concrete block | 1,950 | NA | 2,040 | NA | |||||
| Highway surfacing | 325 | NA | 323 | NA | |||||
| Structural concrete | 903 | NA | 927 | NA | |||||
| Miscellaneous | 666 | NA | 762 | NA | |||||
| Portland and other cements | 3,690 | NA | 4,340 | NA | |||||
| Refractories6 | 696 | NA | 788 | NA | |||||
| Miscellaneous7 | 547 | r | NA | 696 | NA | ||||
| Total | 24,300 | r | ##### | 24,200 | ##### | ||||
| rRevised. NA Not available.�� | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Excludes Puerto Rico. | |||||||||
| 3Includes all other States except Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New | |||||||||
| Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. | |||||||||
| 4Includes ceramic tile, quarry tile, and miscellaneous floor and wall tiles. | |||||||||
| 5Includes drain tile, flower pots, flue linings, sewer pipe, structural tile, and | |||||||||
| miscellaneous clay products. | |||||||||
| 6Includes firebrick, blocks and shapes, mortar and cement, grogs and calcines, and | |||||||||
| miscellaneous refractories. | |||||||||
| 7Includes exports, miscellaneous civil engineering and sealings, miscellaneous fillers, | |||||||||
| extenders and binders, pottery, roofing granules, and other unknown uses.� | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program