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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||||
| LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007, BY USE1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
| Limestone2 | Dolomite | |||||||||||
| Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||
| Construction: | ||||||||||||
| Coarse aggregate (+1� inch): | ||||||||||||
| Macadam | 3,470 | 23,600 | 73 | 1,100 | ||||||||
| Riprap and jetty stone | 6,370 | 58,700 | 406 | 4,650 | ||||||||
| Filter stone | 3,260 | 29,100 | 202 | 1,600 | ||||||||
| Other coarse aggregate | 16,300 | 136,000 | 2,140 | 14,700 | ||||||||
| Coarse aggregate, graded: | ||||||||||||
| Concrete aggregate, coarse | 37,600 | 317,000 | 2,400 | 20,000 | ||||||||
| Bituminous aggregate, coarse | 16,900 | 135,000 | 3,240 | 26,900 | ||||||||
| Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate | 5,930 | 52,000 | 870 | 7,690 | ||||||||
| Railroad ballast | 1,910 | 14,100 | 294 | 2,480 | ||||||||
| Other graded coarse aggregate | 85,200 | 832,000 | 8,380 | 70,300 | ||||||||
| Fine aggregate (- ⅜ inch): | ||||||||||||
| Stone sand, concrete | 3,320 | 35,000 | 444 | 2,640 | ||||||||
| Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal | 6,530 | 47,100 | 917 | 6,710 | ||||||||
| Screening, undesignated | 9,080 | 63,000 | 423 | 1,830 | ||||||||
| Other fine aggregate | 29,400 | 282,000 | 2,600 | 21,800 | ||||||||
| Coarse and fine aggregates: | ||||||||||||
| Graded road base or subbase | 73,900 | 450,000 | 4,360 | 28,600 | ||||||||
| Unpaved road surfacing | 9,400 | 70,200 | 378 | 2,360 | ||||||||
| Terrazzo and exposed aggregate | 426 | 3,640 | W | W | ||||||||
| Crusher run or fill or waste | 17,300 | 103,000 | 1,870 | 10,700 | ||||||||
| Roofing granules | 385 | 3,360 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Other coarse and fine aggregates | 70,100 | 576,000 | 5,710 | 38,500 | ||||||||
| Other construction materials | 1,790 | 13,600 | 451 | 1,860 | ||||||||
| Agricultural: | ||||||||||||
| Agricultural limestone | 9,200 | 67,900 | 1,580 | 9,270 | ||||||||
| Poultry grit and mineral food | 837 | 8,610 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Other agricultural uses | 873 | 26,400 | W | W | ||||||||
| Chemical and metallurgical: | ||||||||||||
| Cement manufacture | 84,400 | 503,000 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Lime manufacture | 14,500 | 139,000 | W | W | ||||||||
| Dead-burned dolomite manufacture | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Flux stone | 1,800 | 11,100 | 992 | 5,180 | ||||||||
| Chemical stone | W | W | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Glass manufacture | 392 | 3,540 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Sulfur oxide removal | 3,740 | 21,000 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Special: | ||||||||||||
| Mine dusting or acid water treatment | 305 | 6,350 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Asphalt fillers or extenders | 622 | 9,020 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Whiting or whiting substitute | 166 | 5,140 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Other fillers or extenders | 3,230 | 74,400 | 58 | 747 | ||||||||
| Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed | 6,790 | 66,000 | 352 | 3,610 | ||||||||
| Unspecified:3 | ||||||||||||
| Reported | 274,000 | 2,330,000 | 29,400 | 240,000 | ||||||||
| Estimated | 218,000 | 1,750,000 | 3,740 | 30,900 | ||||||||
| Total or average | 1,020,000 | 8,280,000 | 72,500 | 562,000 | ||||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in "Total." -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes a minor amount of limestone-dolomite reported without a distinction between the two. | ||||||||||||
| 3Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program