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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| SCRAP AND FLAKE MICA SOLD OR USED BY | ||||||||
| PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1, 2 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| State | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| North Carolina | 39 | 10,200 | 57 | 12,600 | ||||
| Other3 | 40 | 9,070 | 53 | 9,800 | ||||
| Total | 78 | 19,300 | 110 | 22,400 | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not | ||||||||
| add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Includes finely divided mica recovered from mica schist and | ||||||||
| high-quality sericite schist, and mica that is a byproduct of | ||||||||
| feldspar and kaolin beneficiation. | ||||||||
| 3Includes Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and South Dakota. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program