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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| STOCKPILE STATUS AND GOVERNMENT INVENTORIES FOR MICA, DECEMBER 31, 2006 | ||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||
| Inventory, uncommitted | ||||||||
| Stockpile | Nonstockpile | Available for | Fiscal year | |||||
| Material | grade | grade | disposal | 2006 sales | ||||
| Block: | ||||||||
| Muscovite: | ||||||||
| Stained and better | (1) | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| Stained and lower | �-- | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| Phlogopite | -- | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| Film, muscovite (first and second qualities) | -- | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| Splittings: | ||||||||
| Muscovite | 7 | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| Phlogopite | �-- | -- | (2) | -- | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| 2The total disposal plan for all categories of mica in the national stockpile is undifferentiated at 453.592 | ||||||||
| metric tons (1 million pounds). | ||||||||
| Source: Defense National Stockpile Center. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program