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| TABLE 6-Continued | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2010, BY MAJOR END USE1 | ||||||||||||||||
| - West | U.S. total | |||||||||||||||
| Unit | Unit | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | value2 | Quantity | value2 | |||||||||||||
| (thousand | Value | (dollars | (thousand | Value | (dollars | |||||||||||
| Major use | metric tons) | (thousands) | per ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | per ton) | ||||||||||
| Sand: | ||||||||||||||||
| Glassmaking: | ||||||||||||||||
| Containers | 713 | $19,700 | $27.63 | 3,950 | $83,900 | $21.24 | ||||||||||
| Flat, plate and window | 476 | 13,700 | 28.83 | 2,530 | 57,800 | 22.88 | ||||||||||
| Specialty | W | W | 51.33 | 416 | 15,100 | 36.38 | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass, unground | 49 | 1,270 | 25.98 | 602 | 13,500 | 22.35 | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass, ground | W | W | 52.86 | 424 | 21,100 | 49.86 | ||||||||||
| Foundry: | ||||||||||||||||
| Molding and core, unground | 34 | 809 | 23.79 | 3,120 | 62,400 | 20.00 | ||||||||||
| Molding and core, ground | -- | -- | -- | W | W | 143.71 | ||||||||||
| Refractory | (3) | (3) | -- | 44 | 1,870 | 42.57 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical, flux for metal smelting | W | W | 8.30 | W | W | 8.40 | ||||||||||
| Abrasives: | ||||||||||||||||
| Blasting | 80 | 1,360 | 16.94 | 469 | 16,700 | 35.59 | ||||||||||
| Scouring cleaners (ground) | -- | -- | -- | (3) | 60 | -- | ||||||||||
| Sawing and sanding | -- | -- | -- | W | W | 81.00 | ||||||||||
| Chemicals, ground and unground | 18 | 556 | 30.89 | 808 | 25,000 | 30.98 | ||||||||||
| Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, etc. | W | W | 38.33 | 239 | 18,800 | 78.61 | ||||||||||
| Whole grain fillers/building products | 411 | 15,600 | 37.84 | 1,820 | 68,600 | 37.76 | ||||||||||
| Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, etc. | W | W | 43.00 | 91 | 6,320 | 69.44 | ||||||||||
| Filtration: | ||||||||||||||||
| Water, municipal, county, local | 16 | 807 | 50.44 | 177 | 12,400 | 69.77 | ||||||||||
| Swimming pool, other | -- | -- | -- | 64 | 6,400 | 99.94 | ||||||||||
| Petroleum industry: | ||||||||||||||||
| Hydraulic fracturing | W | W | 35.41 | 12,100 | 546,000 | 45.24 | ||||||||||
| Well packing and cementing | 15 | 1,790 | 119.00 | 183 | 10,100 | 55.46 | ||||||||||
| Recreational: | ||||||||||||||||
| Golf course, greens and traps | 87 | 2,220 | 25.46 | 548 | 11,600 | 21.09 | ||||||||||
| Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 123 | 5,460 | 44.40 | ||||||||||
| Traction, engine | 5 | 242 | 48.40 | 72 | 2,100 | 29.14 | ||||||||||
| Roofing granules and fillers | W | W | 32.33 | 358 | 8,810 | 24.61 | ||||||||||
| Other, ground silica | 25 | 1,060 | 37.54 | 38 | 2,420 | 63.63 | ||||||||||
| Other, whole grain | 234 | 4,470 | 12.33 | 1,900 | 43,600 | 11.97 | ||||||||||
| Total or average | 2,160 | 63,600 | 29.38 | 29,300 | 1,020,000 | 34.76 | ||||||||||
| Gravel: | ||||||||||||||||
| Silicon, ferrosilicon | -- | -- | -- | 173 | 3,710 | 21.42 | ||||||||||
| Filtration | -- | -- | -- | 70 | 3,120 | 44.61 | ||||||||||
| Other uses, specified | 12 | 338 | -- | 338 | 8,030 | 23.77 | ||||||||||
| Total or average | 12 | 338 | 28.17 | 582 | 14,900 | 25.58 | ||||||||||
| Grand total or average | 2,180 | 63,900 | 29.38 | 29,900 | 1,030,000 | 34.58 | ||||||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; for sand, included in -Other, whole grain-; for gravel, included in -Total or average.- | ||||||||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except for unit values; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Calculated using unrounded data. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
