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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 anima | |||||||||
| 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