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TABLE 7
FULLER'S EARTH SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES,
BY TYPE AND USE1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    2005     2006
    Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value
Type:
Attapulgite2 282 36,400 262 42,200
Montmorillonite 2,450 r ##### r 2,280 #####
Total 2,730 r ##### r   2,540   #####
Use:
Absorbents:
Oil and grease absorbent 266 r NA 253 NA
Pet waste absorbent 1,820 r NA 1,440 NA
Animal feed 43 r NA 112 NA
Fertilizers W NA 25 NA
Fillers, extenders, binders3 124 r NA 111 NA
Filtering, clarifying, and decolorizing animal,
mineral, and vegetable oils and greases W NA 55 NA
Pesticides and related products W NA W NA
Miscellaneous4 483 r NA 549 NA
Exports5 W NA   W NA
Total   2,730 r ##### r 2,540   #####
rRevised. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included
in "Miscellaneous."
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Primarily gellant-grade fuller's earth.More information can be found in the "Fuller's Earth"
portion of the production section of this report.
3Includes adhesives, asphalt tiles, gypsum products, medical, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics,
paints, and other unknown uses in 2005, and asphalt emulsions, medical, pharmaceuticals and
cosmetics, paint, and other unknown uses in 2006.
4Includes drilling mud, fertilizers, filtering, miscellaneous absorbents, pesticides, portland cement,
refractories, and other unknown uses in 2005, and civil engineering, drilling mud, miscellaneous
absorbents, and pesticides in 2006 and exports.
5Includes pet waste absorbents in 2005, and absorbents, drilling mud, and other unknown uses in
2006.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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