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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||
| DIMENSION STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Use | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Rough stone: | ||||||||||
| Rough blocks for building and construction | 301,000 | r | $43,000 | 294,000 | $45,500 | |||||
| Irregular-shaped stone | 72,900 | 9,850 | 68,400 | 8,250 | ||||||
| Monumental | 221,000 | 27,700 | 102,000 | 20,200 | ||||||
| Other3 | 226,000 | r | 66,000 | 116,000 | 30,100 | |||||
| Dressed stone: | ||||||||||
| Ashlars and partially squared pieces | 91,100 | 20,600 | 147,000 | 27,000 | ||||||
| Slabs and blocks for building and construction | 14,400 | 3,670 | 25,600 | 5,230 | ||||||
| Monumental | 59,500 | 27,500 | 64,300 | 32,100 | ||||||
| Curbing | 129,000 | 20,600 | 129,000 | 20,500 | ||||||
| Flagging | 146,000 | 13,700 | 158,000 | 15,500 | ||||||
| Flagging (slate) | 2,550 | 837 | 1,800 | 685 | ||||||
| Roofing slate | 3,310 | 5,130 | 3,310 | 5,040 | ||||||
| Structural and sanitary | 2,270 | 2,590 | 2,260 | 2,740 | ||||||
| Flooring slate | 9,030 | 1,920 | 8,800 | 1,890 | ||||||
| Other4 | 82,400 | 25,700 | 213,000 | 50,300 | ||||||
| Total | 1,360,000 | r | 269,000 | 1,330,000 | 265,000 | |||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||
| 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