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INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2006, 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 1,040 $27,600 26.63 4,970 $107,000 21.51
Flat, plate and window 469 11,400 24.34 3,370 62,400 18.49
Specialty W W 40.67 579 15,800 27.30
Fiberglass, unground 97 2,400 24.78 858 15,000 17.50
Fiberglass, ground W W 40.60 615 25,300 41.07
Foundry:
Molding and core, unground 88 8,340 94.75 4,970 91,700 18.44
Molding and core, ground -- -- -- W W 119.67
Refractory -- -- -- 90 2,640 29.33
Metallurgical:
Silicon carbide -- -- -- W W --
Flux for metal smelting W W 7.13 W W 4.65
Abrasives:
Blasting 136 4,800 35.29 453 19,200 42.49
Scouring cleansers, ground -- -- -- W W 34.25
Sawing and sanding -- -- -- W W 26.00
Chemicals, ground and unground 20 578 28.90 816 22,000 26.91
Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, etc. W W 42.50 761 48,100 63.26
Whole grain fillers/building products 309 8,370 27.10 3,160 73,700 23.33
Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, etc. W W 37.00 221 10,300 46.48
Filtration:
Water, municipal, county, local 48 3,080 64.13 424 14,500 34.23
Swimming pool, other -- -- -- 73 4,840 66.33
Petroleum industry:
Hydraulic fracturing -- -- -- 4,210 187,000 44.31
Well packing and cementing -- -- -- 442 15,500 35.06
Recreational:
Golf course, greens and traps W W 16.78 846 14,800 17.51
Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches W W -- 155 4,220 27.20
Traction, engine W W 72.00 80 1,840 23.01
Roofing granules and fillers -- -- -- 205 5,240 25.57
Other, ground silica 136 11,600 88.01 1,040 16,100 15.06
Other, whole grain 427   10,700   28.07   2,450   25,500   10.52
Total or average 2,770   88,800   32.12   30,800   782,000   25.40
Gravel:
Silicon, ferrosilicon -- -- -- 68 10,400 153.41
Filtration -- -- -- 63 2,230 35.33
Nonmetallurgical flux -- -- -- -- -- --
Other uses, specified 226   2,960   --   812   11,900   --
Total or average 226   2,960   13.11   943   24,600   26.04
Grand total or average   2,990   91,800   30.68   31,700   807,000   25.42
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; for sand, included in "Other, ground silica" or "Other, whole grain;" for
gravel, included in "Other uses, specified." -- 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


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