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TABLE 1
NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
 
        2003   2004   2005
Mineral   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value  
Metals:  
Beryllium concentrates metric tons 2,100 NA 2,210 NA 2,780 NA
Copper3   1,120 ####### 1,160 ####### 1,140 #######
Gold3 kilograms 277,000 ####### 258,000 ####### 256,000 #######
Iron ore, usable shipped   46,100 ####### 54,900 ####### 53,200 #######
Iron oxide pigments, crude metric tons 50,900 814 (4) W (4) 795
Lead3 do. 449,000 433,000 430,000 523,000 426,000 574,000
Molybdenum concentrates5, 6 do. 33,600 324,000 42,000 ####### 58,000 #######
Palladium5 kilograms 14,000 91,400 13,700 102,000 13,300 87,100
Platinum5 do. 4,170 93,100 4,040 110,000 3,920 113,000
Silver3 do. ####### 196,000 ####### 268,000 ####### 289,000
Zinc3 metric tons 738,000 661,000 715,000 827,000 720,000 #######
Combined value of cadmium byproduct in zinc
concentrates, magnesium metal, titanium�
concentrates, zirconium concentrates, and value
indicated by symbol W XX 233,000 XX 304,000 XX 316,000
Total   XX   #######     XX   #######     XX   #######  
Industrial minerals, excluding fuels:  
Barite   468 13,900 532 18,700 489 17,600
Boron   1,150 591,000 1,210 626,000 1,150 713,000
Bromine metric tons 216,000 155,000 222,000 191,000 226,000 168,000
Cement:  
Masonry   4,740 468,000 e 5,000 585,000 e 5,420 679,000 e
Portland   88,100 ####### e 92,400 ####### e 93,900 ####### e
Clays:  
Ball   1,310 56,200 1,220 54,100 1,210 52,900
Bentonite   3,940 177,000 4,060 179,000 4,710 215,000
Common   23,100 131,000 24,600 157,000 24,300 176,000
Fire   400 10,200 256 7,870 353 10,700
Fuller's earth7   3,610 332,000 3,260 329,000 2,990 339,000
Kaolin   7,680 939,000 7,760 945,000 7,800 860,000
Diatomite   599 159,000 620 177,000 653 179,000
Feldspar   800 43,400 770 44,200 750 43,000
Garnet, industrial metric tons 29,200 3,170 28,400 3,050 440,000 3,840
Gemstones, natural   NA 12,500 NA 14,500 NA 13,400
Gypsum, crude   16,700 114,000 17,200 124,000 21,100 158,000
Helium:  
Crude million cubic meters 49 67,000 57 77,500 42 63,300
Grade-A do. 122 282,000 130 299,000 133 336,000
Iodine metric tons 1,090 15,900 1,130 W 1,570 W
Kyanitee   90 13,400 90 13,400 90 13,400
Lime   (4) W 20,000 ####### 20,000 #######
Mica, crude   79 16,700 99,200 15,400 78,100 19,600
Peat8     632 18,800 741 r 21,200 751 20,800
Perlite, crude metric tons 493,000 18,800 508,000 20,600 508,000 20,700
Phosphate rock, marketable   35,000 946,000 35,800 995,000 36,100 #######
Potash   2,500 280,000 2,700 340,000 2,500 410,000
Pumice and pumicite metric tons 870,000 21,900 ####### 25,000 ####### 39,300
Salt   41,100 ####### 45,000 ####### 45,000 #######
Sand and gravel:  
Construction   ####### ####### ####### ####### ####### #######
Industrial   27,500 609,000 29,700 685,000 30,600 752,000
Silica stone9 metric tons 513 3,630 655 3,660 576 2,290
Soda ash   10,600 765,000 11,000 770,000 11,000 968,000
Stone, crushed10   ####### ####### ####### r ####### r ####### #######
Tripoli metric tons 68,800 17,700 94,000 19,400 91,100 18,700
Zeolites do. (4) NA (4) W (4) W
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1�Continued
NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
 
        2003   2004   2005
Mineral   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value  
Industrial minerals, excluding fuels�Continued:
Combined value of brucite, greensand marl, lithium
carbonate, magnesite, magnesium compounds,
olivine, pyrophyllite (crude), staurolite, stone
(dimension), talc (crude), vermiculite (crude),�
wollastonite, and values indicated by
symbol W XX ####### XX 531,000 XX 555,000
Total   XX   #######     XX   ####### r   XX   #######  
Grand total   XX   #######     XX   ####### r   XX   #######  
eEstimated.� rRevised.� NA Not available.� W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; value included with "Combined value."
XX Not applicable.�
1Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including consumption by producers).
2Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3Recoverable content of ores, etc.
4Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
5Content of ore and concentrate.
6Shipments.
7Sales.
8Excludes attapulgite.
9Includes grindstones, pulpstones, and sharpening stones; excludes mill liners and grinding pebbles.
10Excludes abrasive stone and bituminous limestone and sandstone; all included elsewhere in table.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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