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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||
| DIMENSION STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Use | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Rough stone: | ||||||||||
| Rough blocks for building and construction | 294,000 | $45,500 | 301,000 | $42,300 | ||||||
| Irregular-shaped stone | 68,400 | 8,250 | 84,000 | 12,200 | ||||||
| Monumental | 102,000 | 20,200 | 108,000 | 19,300 | ||||||
| Other3 | 116,000 | 30,100 | 105,000 | 18,700 | ||||||
| Dressed stone: | ||||||||||
| Ashlars and partially squared pieces | 147,000 | 27,000 | 170,000 | 33,200 | ||||||
| Slabs and blocks for building and construction | 25,600 | 5,230 | 31,700 | 7,210 | ||||||
| Monumental | 64,300 | 32,100 | 74,300 | 32,300 | ||||||
| Curbing | 129,000 | 20,500 | 132,000 | 20,800 | ||||||
| Flagging | 158,000 | 15,500 | 147,000 | 15,700 | ||||||
| Flagging (slate) | 1,800 | 685 | 2,490 | 953 | ||||||
| Roofing slate | 3,310 | 5,040 | 4,220 | 6,150 | ||||||
| Structural and sanitary | 2,260 | 2,740 | 1,970 | 2,630 | ||||||
| Flooring slate | 8,800 | 1,890 | 9,070 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Other4 | 213,000 | 50,300 | 224,000 | 61,700 | ||||||
| Total | 1,330,000 | 265,000 | 1,390,000 | 275,000 | ||||||
| 1Includes Puerto Rico and other U.S. possessions and territories. | ||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes flagging stone, exports, uses not specified, and uses not listed. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes panels and veneer, tile, blackboards, exports, uses not specified, and uses not listed. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program