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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2007, BY MAJOR END USE1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | Midwest | �South | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 21.81 | 1,390 | $20,800 | 14.94 | 1,890 | $35,700 | 18.92 | |||||||||||||
| Flat, plate and window | 129 | $2,550 | 19.79 | 915 | 14,200 | 15.52 | 1,510 | 29,700 | 19.61 | |||||||||||||
| Specialty | W | W | 30.73 | 180 | 3,670 | 20.39 | 285 | 7,910 | 27.75 | |||||||||||||
| Fiberglass, unground | W | W | 20.79 | 267 | 3,800 | 14.23 | 516 | 8,740 | 16.94 | |||||||||||||
| Fiberglass, ground | -- | -- | -- | 50 | 2,450 | 49.00 | 474 | 23,100 | 48.75 | |||||||||||||
| Foundry: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Molding and core, unground | 93 | 2,450 | 26.39 | 3,340 | 52,300 | 15.67 | 778 | 14,900 | 19.12 | |||||||||||||
| Molding and core, ground | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 902 | 112.75 | 2 | 200 | 100.00 | |||||||||||||
| Refractory | (3) | 8 | 33.71 | 21 | 720 | 34.29 | 53 | 1,460 | 27.49 | |||||||||||||
| Metallurgical: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silicon carbide | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (3) | W | W | |||||||||||||
| Flux for metal smelting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | W | 6.69 | |||||||||||||
| Abrasives: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blasting | 54 | 1,250 | 23.11 | 51 | 2,600 | 50.94 | 297 | 11,100 | 37.23 | |||||||||||||
| Scouring cleansers, ground | (3) | 1 | 65.32 | (3) | 41 | 55.20 | 53 | 2,630 | 49.53 | |||||||||||||
| Sawing and sanding | W | W | 37.00 | W | W | 24.00 | W | W | 102.00 | |||||||||||||
| Chemicals, ground and unground | 11 | 349 | 31.73 | 333 | 5,560 | 16.68 | 444 | 14,000 | 31.61 | |||||||||||||
| Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, etc. | 26 | 304 | 11.69 | 251 | 10,700 | 42.75 | 96 | 11,500 | 119.76 | |||||||||||||
| Whole-grain fillers/building products | 368 | 14,600 | 39.64 | 512 | 15,200 | 29.72 | 1,010 | 28,700 | 28.34 | |||||||||||||
| Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, etc. | (3) | 6 | 50.21 | 50 | 3,460 | 69.12 | 130 | 7,310 | 56.25 | |||||||||||||
| Filtration: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water, municipal, county, local | 44 | 2,580 | 58.52 | 42 | 2,450 | 58.43 | 78 | 4,510 | 57.86 | |||||||||||||
| Swimming pool, other | 15 | 1,160 | 77.47 | 17 | 1,440 | 84.41 | 63 | 4,790 | 76.10 | |||||||||||||
| Petroleum industry: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hydraulic fracturing | (3) | 3 | 41.43 | 3,580 | 181,000 | 50.59 | 1,660 | 77,800 | 46.77 | |||||||||||||
| Well packing and cementing | -- | -- | -- | 13 | 1,410 | 108.69 | 1,090 | 35,300 | 32.42 | |||||||||||||
| Recreational: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Golf course, greens and traps | 138 | 4,110 | 29.78 | 200 | 4,260 | 21.31 | 473 | 6,170 | 13.04 | |||||||||||||
| Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches | 21 | 1,300 | 62.10 | 73 | 2,140 | 29.37 | 43 | 1,110 | 25.70 | |||||||||||||
| Traction, engine | 10 | 323 | 32.30 | 28 | 438 | 15.64 | 51 | 1,200 | 23.57 | |||||||||||||
| Roofing granules and fillers | W | W | 31.00 | 143 | 3,910 | 27.34 | 241 | 4,660 | 19.34 | |||||||||||||
| Other, ground silica | W | W | 50.00 | 68 | 2,180 | 32.01 | 6 | 150 | 25.00 | |||||||||||||
| Other, whole grain | 1,010 | 22,000 | 8.62 | 156 | 3,160 | 20.14 | 1,100 | 7,630 | 6.88 | |||||||||||||
| Total or average | 1,920 | 53,000 | 27.57 | 11,700 | 339,000 | 29.00 | 12,300 | 340,000 | 27.56 | |||||||||||||
| Gravel: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silicon, ferrosilicon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | W | 124.25 | |||||||||||||
| Filtration | W | W | 66.45 | W | W | 10.87 | 47 | 2,690 | 57.15 | |||||||||||||
| Other uses, specified | W | W | 35.00 | W | W | 23.21 | W | W | 24.69 | |||||||||||||
| Total or average | 16 | 906 | 56.63 | 186 | 4,030 | 21.68 | 421 | 40,100 | 95.24 | |||||||||||||
| Grand total or average | 1,940 | 53,900 | 27.81 | 11,900 | 343,000 | 28.88 | 12,800 | 380,000 | 29.79 | |||||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program