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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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