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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2010, BY MAJOR END USE1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Unit | Unit | Unit | |||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | value2 | Quantity | value2 | Quantity | value2 | ||||||||||||||
| (thousand | Value | (dollars | (thousand | Value | (dollars | (thousand | Value | (dollars | |||||||||||
| Major use | metric tons) | (thousands) | per ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | per ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | per ton) | ||||||||||
| Sand: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Glassmaking: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Containers | W | W | $24.07 | 1,060 | $16,700 | $15.79 | 1,770 | $37,500 | $21.25 | ||||||||||
| Flat, plate and window | 134 | $2,940 | 21.90 | 851 | 17,300 | 20.34 | 1,070 | 23,900 | 22.39 | ||||||||||
| Specialty | 103 | 3,470 | 33.65 | 155 | 5,370 | 34.62 | 152 | 5,990 | 39.43 | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass, unground | W | W | 22.42 | 132 | 2,190 | 16.58 | 362 | 8,670 | 23.95 | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass, ground | -- | -- | -- | 30 | 1,980 | 66.07 | 387 | 18,800 | 48.55 | ||||||||||
| Foundry: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Molding and core, unground | 72 | 2,300 | 31.99 | 2,460 | 47,500 | 19.31 | 554 | 11,800 | 21.32 | ||||||||||
| Molding and core, ground | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 886 | 147.67 | W | W | 119.00 | ||||||||||
| Refractory | (3) | 29 | -- | 20 | 719 | 35.95 | 23 | 1,130 | 48.91 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical, flux for metal smelting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (3) | W | -- | ||||||||||
| Abrasives: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blasting | W | W | 22.32 | 40 | 1,790 | 44.75 | 306 | 12,600 | 41.07 | ||||||||||
| Scouring cleaners (ground) | -- | -- | -- | (3) | 59 | -- | (3) | 1 | -- | ||||||||||
| Sawing and sanding | W | W | 117.00 | -- | -- | -- | W | W | 45.00 | ||||||||||
| Chemicals, ground and unground | 3 | 133 | 44.33 | 278 | 5,700 | 20.52 | 510 | 18,600 | 36.54 | ||||||||||
| Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, etc. | 5 | 323 | 64.60 | W | W | 48.94 | W | W | 250.23 | ||||||||||
| Whole-grain fillers/building products | 252 | 11,400 | 45.29 | 357 | 14,100 | 39.63 | 798 | 27,500 | 34.50 | ||||||||||
| Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, etc. | (3) | 6 | -- | 29 | 2,330 | 80.31 | 60 | 3,900 | 64.97 | ||||||||||
| Filtration: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Water, municipal, county, local | 46 | 3,170 | 68.87 | 65 | 4,440 | 68.25 | 51 | 3,940 | 77.22 | ||||||||||
| Swimming pool, other | 11 | 988 | 89.82 | 11 | 1,160 | 105.73 | 41 | 4,250 | 103.54 | ||||||||||
| Petroleum industry: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hydraulic fracturing | W | W | 44.15 | 8,080 | 354,000 | 43.78 | 3,820 | 185,000 | 48.43 | ||||||||||
| Well packing and cementing | 5 | 570 | 114.00 | 87 | 4,070 | 46.77 | 76 | 3,730 | 49.01 | ||||||||||
| Recreational: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Golf course, greens and traps | 43 | 1,620 | 37.72 | 171 | 4,140 | 24.18 | 246 | 3,580 | 14.57 | ||||||||||
| Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches | 21 | 3,140 | 149.67 | 31 | 721 | 23.26 | 68 | 1,550 | 22.85 | ||||||||||
| Traction, engine | 14 | 555 | 39.64 | 24 | 446 | 18.58 | 30 | 855 | 28.50 | ||||||||||
| Roofing granules and fillers | 32 | 1,210 | 37.91 | 82 | 2,050 | 24.96 | 208 | 4,390 | 21.09 | ||||||||||
| Other, ground silica | W | W | 49.00 | 199 | 9,770 | 60.67 | 47 | 9,420 | 49.64 | ||||||||||
| Other, whole grain | 809 | 20,700 | 25.65 | 256 | 9,650 | 37.92 | 604 | 8,690 | 14.64 | ||||||||||
| Total or average | 1,560 | 52,600 | 33.81 | 14,400 | 507,000 | 35.15 | 11,200 | 396,000 | 35.42 | ||||||||||
| Gravel: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Silicon, ferrosilicon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 173 | 3,710 | 21.42 | ||||||||||
| Filtration | W | W | 69.67 | W | W | 39.38 | 48 | 1,980 | 41.33 | ||||||||||
| Other uses, specified | W | W | 41.75 | W | W | 14.10 | 255 | 6,560 | 25.73 | ||||||||||
| Total or average | 14 | 794 | 56.71 | 82 | 1,490 | 18.11 | 475 | 12,200 | 25.78 | ||||||||||
| Grand total or average | 1,570 | 53,400 | 34.02 | 14,500 | 509,000 | 35.06 | 11,700 | 408,000 | 35.03 | ||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
