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| TABLE 13 | ||||||||||||
| MARBLE, VOLCANIC CINDER AND SCORIA, AND MISCELLANEOUS STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||
| IN 2007, BY USE1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
| Marble | Volcanic cinder and scoria | Miscellaneous stone | ||||||||||
| Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Construction: | ||||||||||||
| Coarse aggregate (+1� inch): | ||||||||||||
| Macadam | W | W | -- | -- | W | W | ||||||
| Riprap and jetty stone | -- | -- | -- | -- | 531 | 7,480 | ||||||
| Filter stone | -- | -- | W | W | 134 | 1,470 | ||||||
| Other coarse aggregate | W | W | 3 | 37 | 963 | 8,890 | ||||||
| Coarse aggregate, graded: | ||||||||||||
| Concrete aggregate, coarse | 131 | 527 | W | W | 1,180 | 13,300 | ||||||
| Bituminous aggregate, coarse | W | W | -- | -- | 916 | 6,050 | ||||||
| Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate | -- | -- | -- | -- | 181 | 2,110 | ||||||
| Railroad ballast | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,670 | 11,900 | ||||||
| Other graded coarse aggregate | -- | -- | 199 | 3,870 | 2,670 | 31,500 | ||||||
| Fine aggregate (- ⅜ inch): | ||||||||||||
| Stone sand, concrete | 125 | 893 | -- | -- | 475 | 5,050 | ||||||
| Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 387 | 2,530 | ||||||
| Screening, undesignated | -- | -- | -- | -- | 537 | 4,210 | ||||||
| Other fine aggregate | W | W | 74 | 1,160 | 1,120 | 8,980 | ||||||
| Coarse and fine aggregates: | ||||||||||||
| Graded road base or subbase | 79 | 495 | 22 | 150 | 2,150 | 15,700 | ||||||
| Unpaved road surfacing | -- | -- | 117 | 494 | 444 | 3,180 | ||||||
| Terrazzo and exposed aggregate | 25 | 2,150 | -- | -- | 139 | 1,240 | ||||||
| Crusher run or fill or waste | -- | -- | -- | -- | 740 | 3,150 | ||||||
| Roofing granules | 191 | 1,450 | -- | -- | 219 | 967 | ||||||
| Other coarse and fine aggregates | W | W | 229 | 2,680 | 8,520 | 82,500 | ||||||
| Other construction materials | -- | -- | 17 | 126 | 280 | 4,500 | ||||||
| Agricultural: | ||||||||||||
| Agricultural limestone | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Poultry grit and mineral food | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33 | 526 | ||||||
| Other agricultural uses | W | W | 16 | 422 | 8 | 86 | ||||||
| Chemical and metallurgical: | ||||||||||||
| Cement manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,120 | 9,340 | ||||||
| Lime manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Dead-burned dolomite manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Flux stone | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 125 | ||||||
| Chemical stone | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Glass manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Sulfur oxide removal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Special: | ||||||||||||
| Mine dusting or acid water treatment | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Asphalt fillers or extenders | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Whiting or whiting substitute | 54 | 273 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Other fillers or extenders | 586 | 11,700 | -- | -- | W | W | ||||||
| Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed | 342 | 4,870 | -- | -- | 583 | 9,590 | ||||||
| Unspecified:2 | ||||||||||||
| Reported | -- | -- | 4,750 | 28,500 | 38,300 | 300,000 | ||||||
| Estimated | 5,730 | 43,600 | 1,210 | 11,400 | 29,800 | 246,000 | ||||||
| Total | 7,580 | 71,100 | 6,630 | 48,800 | 94,100 | 781,000 | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| 2Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program