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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||
| NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS AND | ||||||||
| PROCESSING PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006, | ||||||||
| BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION | ||||||||
| Mining operations on | Total | |||||||
| land | Dredging | active | ||||||
| Geographic region | Stationary | Portable | operations | operations | ||||
| Northeast: | ||||||||
| New England | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | ||||
| Middle Atlantic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Midwest: | ||||||||
| East North Central | 25 | -- | 3 | 28 | ||||
| West North Central | 6 | -- | 3 | 9 | ||||
| South: | ||||||||
| South Atlantic | 16 | -- | 6 | 22 | ||||
| East South Central | 8 | -- | 2 | 10 | ||||
| West South Central | 16 | -- | 6 | 22 | ||||
| West: | ||||||||
| Mountain | 7 | -- | -- | 7 | ||||
| Pacific | 11 | -- | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 96 | 1 | 23 | 120 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program