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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT PRODUCTION AND SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2006, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||
| Sales | ||||||||||
| Production | Quantity | |||||||||
| Active | (thousand | (thousand | Value2 | Percentage | ||||||
| Region and State | operations | metric tons) | metric tons) | (thousands) | packaged | |||||
| East: | ||||||||||
| Florida | 7 | 410 | 496 | $10,000 | 1 | |||||
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 42 | |||||
| Other3 | 8 | 33 | 82 | 2,800 | 50 | |||||
| Total or average | 19 | 445 | 579 | 12,900 | 17 | |||||
| Great Lakes: | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 4 | 14 | 32 | 1,020 | 52 | |||||
| Minnesota | 9 | 50 | 69 | 5,280 | 63 | |||||
| Other4 | 4 | 37 | 48 | 622 | 93 | |||||
| Total or average | 17 | 101 | 149 | 6,920 | 70 | |||||
| West5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 254 | 15 | |||||
| Grand total or average | 39 | 551 | 734 | 20,100 | 28 | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Values for free on board producing plant. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes Maine, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. | ||||||||||
| 5Includes Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program