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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2006, 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 | 702 | ###### | 23.90 | 1,340 | ###### | 14.40 | 1,890 | ###### | 22.88 | |||||||||
| Flat, plate and window | W | W | 19.50 | 1,140 | 18,100 | 15.87 | 1,540 | 28,500 | 18.50 | |||||||||
| Specialty | W | W | 29.38 | W | W | 24.47 | 223 | 6,360 | 28.52 | |||||||||
| Fiberglass, unground | W | W | 20.51 | 260 | 3,550 | 13.63 | 466 | 8,350 | 17.92 | |||||||||
| Fiberglass, ground | -- | -- | -- | 58 | 2,620 | 45.14 | 552 | 22,400 | 40.64 | |||||||||
| Foundry: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Molding and core, unground | 90 | 6,000 | 66.66 | 4,000 | 53,400 | 13.35 | 794 | 24,000 | 30.17 | |||||||||
| Molding and core, ground | -- | -- | -- | (3) | 3 | -- | W | 356 | ##### | |||||||||
| Refractory | (3) | 9 | -- | W | W | ##### | 84 | 2,110 | 25.13 | |||||||||
| Metallurgical: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Silicon carbide | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | 10 | -- | |||||||||
| Flux for metal smelting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | 80 | 2.67 | |||||||||
| Abrasives: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blasting | W | W | 39.71 | 57 | 3,010 | 52.84 | 208 | 9,370 | 45.05 | |||||||||
| Scouring cleansers, ground | -- | -- | -- | (3) | 33 | -- | W | 104 | 26.00 | |||||||||
| Sawing and sanding | W | W | 20.50 | -- | -- | -- | W | 37 | 37.00 | |||||||||
| Chemicals, ground and unground | 26 | 739 | 28.42 | 369 | 8,400 | 22.76 | 401 | 12,200 | 30.53 | |||||||||
| Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, et | 8 | 506 | 63.25 | 231 | 8,660 | 37.47 | 520 | 38,900 | 74.79 | |||||||||
| Whole-grain fillers/building products | 353 | 11,700 | 33.28 | 574 | 18,600 | 32.34 | 1,920 | 35,000 | 18.22 | |||||||||
| Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, et | (3) | 13 | -- | 55 | 5,120 | 93.02 | 165 | 5,110 | 30.95 | |||||||||
| Filtration: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Water, municipal, county, local | 80 | 4,950 | 61.91 | 132 | 2,260 | 17.14 | 164 | 4,220 | 25.74 | |||||||||
| Swimming pool, other | 7 | 681 | 97.29 | 14 | 1,330 | 94.71 | 51 | 2,840 | 55.59 | |||||||||
| Petroleum industry: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hydraulic fracturing | (3) | 3 | -- | 3,700 | ###### | 44.71 | 504 | 20,900 | 41.50 | |||||||||
| Well packing and cementing | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 458 | ##### | 438 | 15,000 | 34.33 | |||||||||
| Recreational: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Golf course, greens and traps | W | W | 31.22 | 241 | 4,910 | 20.39 | 406 | 4,990 | 12.28 | |||||||||
| Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches | 9 | 597 | 66.33 | 106 | 2,750 | 25.92 | 40 | 857 | 21.43 | |||||||||
| Traction, engine | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 36 | 751 | 20.86 | 41 | 909 | 22.17 | |||||||||
| Roofing granules and fillers | W | W | 32.04 | W | W | 40.50 | 115 | 2,210 | 19.17 | |||||||||
| Other, ground silica | -- | -- | -- | 66 | 1,740 | 26.35 | 846 | 3,030 | 3.06 | |||||||||
| Other, whole grain | 1,110 | 20,100 | 7.03 | 530 | 12,700 | 21.24 | 1,350 | 7,270 | 5.42 | |||||||||
| Total or average | 2,380 | 62,100 | 26.07 | 12,900 | ###### | 25.79 | 12,700 | ###### | 23.41 | |||||||||
| Gravel: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Silicon, ferrosilicon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 68 | 10,400 | ##### | |||||||||
| Filtration | 3 | 175 | 58.33 | W | W | 46.50 | 53 | 1,680 | 31.68 | |||||||||
| Nonmetallurgical flux | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Other uses, specified | 11 | 210 | -- | 114 | 1,430 | -- | 461 | 7,300 | -- | |||||||||
| Total or average | 14 | 385 | 27.50 | 121 | 1,800 | 14.86 | 582 | 19,400 | 33.35 | |||||||||
| Grand total or average | 2,400 | 62,500 | 26.08 | 13,000 | ###### | 25.69 | 13,300 | ###### | 23.85 | |||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program