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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) | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| T | |||||||||||||
| Attapulgite2 | 285 | r | 42,200 | 245 | 36,500 | ||||||||
| Montmorillonite | 2,260 | r | 201,000 | 2,410 | 221,000 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,540 | 243,000 | 2,660 | 257,000 | |||||||||
| Us | |||||||||||||
| Absorbents: | |||||||||||||
| Oil and grease absorbent | 253 | NA | 367 | NA | |||||||||
| Pet waste absorbent | 1,440 | NA | 1,390 | NA | |||||||||
| Animal feed | 112 | NA | 48 | NA | |||||||||
| Fertilizers | W | NA | W | NA | |||||||||
| Fillers, extenders, binders3 | 195 | r | NA | 233 | NA | ||||||||
| Filtering, clarifying, and decolorizing animal,� | 55 | NA | 73 | NA | |||||||||
| mineral, and vegetable oils and greases | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous4 | 442 | r | NA | 523 | NA | ||||||||
| Exports5 | 23 | NA | 22 | NA | |||||||||
| Total | 2,540 | 243,000 | 2,660 | 257,000 | |||||||||
| 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 asphalt emulsions; medical, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; paints; pesticides and related products; and other���� | |||||||||||||
| unknown uses.��� | |||||||||||||
| 4Includes civil engineering, drilling mud, miscellaneous absorbents, and other unknown uses.��� | |||||||||||||
| 5Includes oil and grease absorbents (2006), pet waste absorbents (2006), drilling mud, paint (2007), and other��� | |||||||||||||
| unknown uses.��� | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program