|
Home > Minerals > Statistical Summary >
| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20051 | ||||||||
| Value | Percentage | |||||||
| State | (thousands) | Rank | of U.S. total | Principal minerals, in order of value | ||||
| Alabama | ######## | 20 | 2.03 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), lime, sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry). | ||||
| Alaska | 1,470,000 | 13 | 2.66 | Zinc, lead, gold, silver, sand and gravel (construction). | ||||
| Arizona | 4,350,000 | 1 | 7.88 | Copper, molybdenum concentrates, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone� | ||||
| (crushed). | ||||||||
| Arkansas | 591,000 | 32 | 1.07 | Stone (crushed), bromine, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime. | ||||
| California | 4,240,000 | 2 | 7.68 | Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), boron minerals, stone (crushed), soda ash. | ||||
| Colorado | 1,750,000 | 10 | 3.17 | Molybdenum concentrates, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), gold, stone� | ||||
| (crushed). | ||||||||
| Connecticut2 | 157,000 | 42 | 0.28 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), clays (common),� | ||||
| gemstones (natural). | ||||||||
| Delaware2 | 20,000 | 50 | 0.04 | Sand and gravel (construction), magnesium compounds, stone (crushed), gemstones (natural). | ||||
| Florida | 2,890,000 | 4 | 5.24 | Stone (crushed), phosphate rock, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), cement� | ||||
| (masonry). | ||||||||
| Georgia | 1,810,000 | 9 | 3.28 | Clays (kaolin), stone (crushed), clays (fuller's earth), sand and gravel (construction), cement� | ||||
| (portland). | ||||||||
| Hawaii | 100,000 | 45 | 0.18 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), gemstones (natural). | ||||
| Idaho | 906,000 | 21 | 1.64 | Molybdenum (concentrates), phosphate rock, sand and gravel (construction), silver, cement� | ||||
| (portland). | ||||||||
| Illinois | 1,210,000 | 16 | 2.19 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial),� | ||||
| clays (fuller's earth). | ||||||||
| Indiana | 883,000 | 22 | 1.60 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (masonry). | ||||
| Iowa | 641,000 | 29 | 1.16 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), gypsum (crude), lime. | ||||
| Kansas | 870,000 | 23 | 1.58 | Cement (portland), helium (Grade-A), stone (crushed), salt, helium (crude). | ||||
| Kentucky | 765,000 | 27 | 1.39 | Stone (crushed), lime, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed). | ||||
| Louisiana | 393,000 | 36 | 0.71 | Salt, sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), clays (common), sand and gravel (industrial). | ||||
| Maine | 141,000 | 43 | 0.26 | Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), peat. | ||||
| Maryland2 | 577,000 | 33 | 1.05 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry),� | ||||
| stone (dimension). | ||||||||
| Massachusetts2 | 250,000 | 38 | 0.45 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), lime, stone (dimension), clays (common). | ||||
| Michigan | 1,750,000 | 11 | 3.17 | Iron ore (usable shipped), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), salt. | ||||
| Minnesota2 | 2,190,000 | 7 | 3.97 | Iron ore (usable shipped), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel� | ||||
| (industrial), stone (dimension). | ||||||||
| Mississippi | 215,000 | 40 | 0.39 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), cement (portland), clays (fuller's earth), clays | ||||
| (bentonite). | ||||||||
| Missouri | 1,940,000 | 8 | 3.51 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), lead, lime, sand and gravel (construction). | ||||
| Montana | 847,000 | 24 | 1.53 | Molybdenum (concentrates), copper, platinum metal, palladium metal, sand and gravel� | ||||
| (construction). | ||||||||
| Nebraska2 | 110,000 | 44 | 0.20 | Cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), lime, clays (common). | ||||
| Nevada | 3,880,000 | 3 | 7.03 | Gold, sand and gravel (construction), copper, lime, stone (crushed). | ||||
| New Hampshir | 88,200 | 47 | 0.16 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), gemstones (natural). | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 3�Continued | ||||||||
| VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20051 | ||||||||
| Value | Percentage | |||||||
| State | (thousands) | Rank | of U.S. total | Principal minerals, in order of value | ||||
| New Jersey2 | 344,000 | 37 | 0.62 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), greensand marl,� | ||||
| peat. | ||||||||
| New Mexico | 1,150,000 | 19 | 2.08 | Copper, potash, molybdenum (concentrates), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland). | ||||
| New York | 1,290,000 | 15 | 2.34 | Stone (crushed), salt, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), wollastonite. | ||||
| North Carolina | 792,000 | 25 | 1.43 | Stone (crushed), phosphate rock, sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial),� | ||||
| feldspar. | ||||||||
| North Dakota | 45,600 | 48 | 0.08 | Sand and gravel (construction), lime, stone (crushed), clays (common), sand and gravel� | ||||
| (industrial). | ||||||||
| Ohio | 1,210,000 | 17 | 2.19 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), salt, lime, cement (portland). | ||||
| Oklahoma | 606,000 | 31 | 1.10 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial),� | ||||
| iodine (crude). | ||||||||
| Oregon | 432,000 | 35 | 0.78 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), diatomite, lime. | ||||
| Pennsylvania2 | 1,550,000 | 12 | 2.81 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement� | ||||
| (masonry). | ||||||||
| Rhode Island2 | 35,400 | 49 | 0.06 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), gemstones� | ||||
| (natural). | ||||||||
| South Carolina | 659,000 | 28 | 1.19 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), cement (masonry), sand and gravel (construction), sand and� | ||||
| gravel (industrial). | ||||||||
| South Dakota | 215,000 | 39 | 0.39 | Cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), gold, stone� | ||||
| (dimension). | ||||||||
| Tennessee | 770,000 | 26 | 1.39 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), clays (ball), sand and� | ||||
| gravel (industrial). | ||||||||
| Texas | 2,720,000 | 6 | 4.93 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), salt, sand and gravel� | ||||
| (industrial). | ||||||||
| Utah | 2,790,000 | 5 | 5.05 | Molybdenum (concentrates), copper, gold, cement (portland), sand and gravel� | ||||
| (construction). | ||||||||
| Vermont2 | 96,800 | 46 | 0.18 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), talc (crude), gemstones� | ||||
| (natural). | ||||||||
| Virginia | 1,160,000 | 18 | 2.10 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, zirconium� | ||||
| (concentrates). | ||||||||
| Washington | 633,000 | 30 | 1.15 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), cement (portland), zinc, gold. | ||||
| West Virginia | 200,000 | 41 | 0.36 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (industrial), lime, cement (masonry). | ||||
| Wisconsin2 | 562,000 | 34 | 1.02 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), lime, sand and gravel (industrial), stone� | ||||
| (dimension). | ||||||||
| Wyoming | 1,300,000 | 14 | 2.36 | Soda ash, clays (bentonite), helium (Grade-A), sand and gravel (construction), cement� | ||||
| (portland). | ||||||||
| Undistributed | 431,000 | XX | 0.78 | |||||
| Total | ######## | XX | 100.00 | |||||
| XX Not applicable. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Partial total; excludes values that must be withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data which are included with� | ||||||||
| "Undistributed." | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program