|
| TABLE 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| AVERAGE VALUE OF SALT, BY PRODUCT FORM AND TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars per metric ton) | ||||||||||||||||
| Vacuum | ||||||||||||||||
| and | ||||||||||||||||
| Product form | open pans | Solar | Rock | Brine | ||||||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 100.00 | r | 31.49 | r | 22.94 | r | 6.99 | r | ||||||||
| Compressed pellets | 154.64 | 135.28 | r | XX | XX | |||||||||||
| Packaged | 163.46 | r | 88.79 | r | 85.85 | r | XX | |||||||||
| Average3 | 145.90 | r | 65.06 | r | 24.98 | r | 6.99 | r | ||||||||
| Pressed blocks | 111.90 | r | 113.62 | r | 99.30 | r | XX | |||||||||
| 2007: | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 109.46 | 31.23 | 26.59 | 7.11 | ||||||||||||
| Compressed pellets | 160.74 | 134.83 | XX | XX | ||||||||||||
| Packaged | 175.35 | 84.45 | 89.66 | XX | ||||||||||||
| Average3 | 154.95 | 61.65 | 27.84 | 7.11 | ||||||||||||
| Pressed blocks | 120.67 | 114.01 | 131.27 | XX | ||||||||||||
| rRevised. XX Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Net selling value, free on board plant, excluding container costs. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to | ||||||||||||||||
| totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Salt value data reported prior to 1984 were an aggregate value per metric | ||||||||||||||||
| ton of bulk, compressed pellets, and packaged salt. For time series | ||||||||||||||||
| continuity, an average of these three types of product forms is presented | ||||||||||||||||
| that is based on the aggregated values and quantities of the product form | ||||||||||||||||
| for each type of salt listed in table 3. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program