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MATERIAL HANDLED AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007, BY COMMODITY AND STATE1
 
Surface3 Underground5 All mines
Number Crude ore   Waste4   Total Crude ore   Waste4   Total Crude ore   Waste4   Total  
of (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand
Commodity or State   mines2   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)  
Commodity:
Metal ore:
Gold 48 294,000 708,000 1,000,000 4,800 1,740 6,540 299,000 710,000 1,010,000
Iron 10 166,000 152,000 318,000 -- -- -- 166,000 152,000 318,000
Other6 53   871,000   269,000   1,140,000   14,100   1,130   15,200   885,000 271,000 1,160,000  
Total 111   1,330,000   1,130,000   2,460,000   18,900   2,860   21,700   1,350,000   1,130,000   2,480,000  
Industrial minerals:
Clays 627 36,800 32,000 68,700 W W W 36,800 7 32,000 7 68,700 7
Feldspar8 12 1,290 -- 1,290 -- -- -- 1,290 -- 1,290
Gypsum 56 16,300 4,210 20,500 1,560 -- 1,560 17,900 4,210 22,100
Phosphate rock 12 126,000 W 126,000 9 -- -- -- 126,000 W 126,000 9
Pumice10 24 1,270 W 1,270 9 -- -- -- 1,270 W 1,270 9
Salt 64 7,240 -- 7,240 38,200 -- 38,200 45,400 -- 45,400
Sand and gravel:
Construction 8,662 1,230,000 -- 1,230,000 -- -- -- 1,230,000 -- 1,230,000
Industrial 129 30,000 -- 30,000 W -- W 30,000 7 -- 30,000 7
Soda ash 6 -- -- -- 11,100 -- 11,100 11,100 -- 11,100
Stone:
Crushed 3,710 1,530,000 110,000 1,640,000 68,100 459 68,600 1,600,000 111,000 1,710,000
Dimension 214 1,390 W 1,390 9 W -- W 1,390 7 W 1,390 7, 9
Talc11 9 769 W 769 9 -- -- -- 769 W 769 9
Other12 93   50,900   118,000   169,000   10,200   --   10,200   21,100   118,000   139,000  
Total 13,618   3,040,000   265,000   3,300,000   129,000   459   129,000   3,170,000   265,000   3,430,000  
Grand total 13,729   4,370,000   1,390,000   5,760,000   148,000   3,320   151,000   4,520,000   1,400,000   5,920,000  
State:
Alabama 200 71,900 6,130 78,000 W -- W 71,900 7 6,130 78,000 7
Alaska 111 33,400 26,600 60,000 W -- W 33,400 7 26,600 60,000 7
Arizona 388 561,000 86,400 647,000 -- -- -- 561,000 86,400 647,000
Arkansas 173 42,600 6,210 48,800 W -- W 42,600 7 6,210 48,800 7
California 514 200,000 W 200,000 9 W W W 200,000 7 W 200,000 7, 9
Colorado 425 77,600 28,900 106,000 W W W 77,600 7 28,900 7 106,000 7
Connecticut 108 17,300 791 18,000 -- -- -- 17,300 791 18,000
Delaware 17 4,480 W 4,480 9 -- -- -- 4,480 W 4,480 9
Florida 192 230,000 W 230,000 9 -- -- -- 230,000 W 230,000 9
Georgia 280 97,500 13,600 111,000 1,660 12 1,680 99,200 13,600 113,000
Hawaii 35 9,700 682 10,400 -- -- -- 9,700 682 10,400
Idaho 294 42,400 W 42,400 9 W W W 42,400 7 W 42,400 7, 9
Illinois 279 99,500 4,970 104,000 8,620 60 8,680 108,000 5,030 113,000
Indiana 268 81,800 4,680 86,500 2,750 16 2,770 84,600 4,700 89,300
Iowa 364 46,900 2,780 49,700 5,290 32 5,320 52,200 2,810 55,000
Kansas 364 32,900 2,160 35,100 2,840 2 2,840 35,800 2,160 37,900
Kentucky 125 46,600 3,230 49,800 15,400 108 15,500 62,000 3,340 65,300
Louisiana 170 37,200 W 37,200 9 13,400 -- 13,400 50,600 W 50,600 9
Maine 197 16,400 394 16,800 -- -- -- 16,400 394 16,800
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2�Continued
MATERIAL HANDLED AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007, BY COMMODITY AND STATE1
 
Surface3 Underground5 All mines
Number Crude ore   Waste4   Total Crude ore   Waste4   Total Crude ore   Waste4   Total  
of (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand (thousand
Commodity or State   mines2   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)   metric tons)  
State�Continued:
Maryland 98 40,500 2,140 42,600 W W W 40,500 7 2,140 7 42,600 7
Massachusetts 141 24,800 779 25,600 -- -- -- 24,800 779 25,600
Michigan 550 118,000 W 118,000 9 1,690 -- 1,690 120,000 W 120,000 9
Minnesota 539 189,000 115,000 304,000 -- -- -- 189,000 115,000 304,000
Mississippi 123 17,900 1,040 19,000 -- -- -- 17,900 1,040 19,000
Missouri 321 81,600 6,180 87,800 W W W 81,600 7 6,180 7 87,800 7
Montana 265 46,100 W 46,100 9 W W W 46,100 7 W 46,100 7, 9
Nebraska 176 16,400 355 16,800 W W W 16,400 7 355 7 16,800 7
Nevada 771 547,000 688,000 1,240,000 W W W 547,000 7 688,000 7 1,240,000 7
New Hampshire 115 13,100 435 13,500 -- -- -- 13,100 435 13,500
New Jersey 87 35,100 1,530 36,600 -- -- -- 35,100 1,530 36,600
New Mexico 421 55,300 W 55,300 9 12,600 -- 12,600 67,900 W 67,900 9
New York 488 76,900 4,550 81,500 6,560 W 6,560 9 83,500 4,550 7 88,000
North Carolina 254 92,900 9,980 103,000 -- -- -- 92,900 9,980 103,000
North Dakota 231 15,200 W 15,200 9 -- -- -- 15,200 W 15,200 9
Ohio 365 102,000 5,480 107,000 W -- W 102,000 7 5,480 107,000 7
Oklahoma 372 63,900 4,440 68,400 W W W 63,900 7 4,440 7 68,400 7
Oregon 331 49,000 2,400 51,400 -- -- -- 49,000 2,400 51,400
Pennsylvania 363 111,000 7,660 119,000 4,270 30 4,300 116,000 7,690 123,000
Rhode Island 26 4,120 123 4,240 -- -- -- 4,120 123 4,240
South Carolina 128 39,000 2,850 41,800 -- -- -- 39,000 2,850 41,800
South Dakota 237 24,300 W 24,300 9 -- -- -- 24,300 W 24,300 9
Tennessee 205 64,800 5,000 69,800 2,570 W 2,570 9 67,400 5,000 7 72,400
Texas 527 241,000 12,800 254,000 9,180 W 9,180 9 250,000 12,800 7 263,000
Utah 269 199,000 W 199,000 9 1,020 W 1,020 9 200,000 W 200,000 9
Vermont 124 10,700 474 11,200 W -- W 10,700 7 474 11,200 7
Virginia 206 72,200 5,080 77,300 W W W 72,200 7 5,080 7 77,300 7
Washington 378 62,900 1,460 64,300 W -- W 62,900 7 1,460 64,300 7
West Virginia 46 14,700 1,150 15,900 3,020 W 3,020 9 17,800 1,150 7 18,900
Wisconsin 744 66,500 2,160 68,600 -- -- -- 66,500 2,160 68,600
Wyoming 324 35,200 4,690 39,800 9,960 -- 9,960 45,100 4,690 49,800
Undistributed13 --   88,200   321,000   409,000   47,300   3,060   50,400   136,000   324,000   460,000  
Total   13,729   4,370,000   1,390,000   5,760,000   148,000   3,320   151,000   4,520,000   1,400,000   5,920,000  
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other" or "Undistributed."-- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except "number of mines"; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes quarries and other mineral operations.
3Includes materials from wells, ponds, and pumping operations.
4Includes ore and waste from development operations.
5Includes solution mining.
6Includes beryllium, copper, gold-silver, lead, lead-zinc, magnesium metal, molybdenum, platinum and palladium, silver, silver-copper, titanium, uranium, and zinc.
7Excludes materials from underground operations.
8Includes aplite.
9Excludes waste from mining operations and ore and waste from development operations.
TABLE 2�Continued
MATERIAL HANDLED AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007, BY COMMODITY AND STATE1
 
10Excludes volcanic cinder and scoria; included with "Crushed stone."
11Excludes pyrophyllite.
12Includes abrasives, barite, boron minerals, bromine, diatomite, garnet, greensand marl, iodine, iron oxide pigments, kyanite, lithium minerals, magnesite, magnesium
compounds, mica, olivine, perlite, potash, tripoli, vermiculite, wollastonite, zeolites, and industrial minerals indicated by symbol W.
13Includes material from States indicated by symbol W.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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