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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||
| VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20061 | |||||||||
| Value | Percentage | ||||||||
| State | (thousands) | Rank | of U.S. total | Principal minerals, in order of value | |||||
| Alabama | $1,360,000 | 16 | 2.04 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), lime, sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry). | |||||
| Alaska | 3,010,000 | 6 | 4.53 | Zinc, gold, lead, silver, sand and gravel (construction). | |||||
| Arizona | 6,740,000 | 1 | 10.13 | Copper, molybdenum concentrates, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone | |||||
| (crushed). | |||||||||
| Arkansas | 789,000 | 28 | 1.19 | Bromine, stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime. | |||||
| California | 4,590,000 | 3 | 6.91 | Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), boron minerals, stone (crushed), soda ash. | |||||
| Colorado | 1,680,000 | 13 | 2.52 | Molybdenum concentrates, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), gold, stone (crushed). | |||||
| Connecticut2 | 168,000 | 42 | 0.25 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), clays (common), gemstones | |||||
| (natural). | |||||||||
| Delaware2 | 22,400 | 50 | 0.03 | Sand and gravel (construction), magnesium compounds, stone (crushed), gemstones (natural). | |||||
| Florida | 3,220,000 | 5 | 4.85 | Stone (crushed), phosphate rock, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry). | |||||
| Georgia | 2,080,000 | 9 | 3.13 | Clays (kaolin), stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), clays (fuller's earth). | |||||
| Hawaii | 145,000 | 44 | 0.22 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), gemstones (natural). | |||||
| Idaho | 797,000 | 27 | 1.20 | Molybdenum (concentrates), sand and gravel (construction), phosphate rock, silver, stone (crushed). | |||||
| Illinois | 1,220,000 | 20 | 1.84 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), lime. | |||||
| Indiana | 982,000 | 23 | 1.48 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (masonry). | |||||
| Iowa | 696,000 | 31 | 1.05 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), gypsum (crude), lime. | |||||
| Kansas | 973,000 | 24 | 1.46 | Cement (portland), helium (Grade-A), stone (crushed), salt, sand and gravel (construction). | |||||
| Kentucky | 806,000 | 26 | 1.21 | Stone (crushed), lime, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), clays (common). | |||||
| Louisiana | 481,000 | 37 | 0.72 | Sand and gravel (construction), salt, stone (crushed), clays (common), sand and gravel (industrial). | |||||
| Maine | 158,000 | 43 | 0.24 | Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), cement | |||||
| (masonry). | |||||||||
| Maryland2 | 653,000 | 33 | 0.98 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry), stone | |||||
| (dimension). | |||||||||
| Massachusetts2 | 294,000 | 38 | 0.44 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), lime, stone (dimension), clays (common). | |||||
| Michigan | 1,910,000 | 11 | 2.87 | Iron ore (usable shipped), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), salt, stone (crushed). | |||||
| Minnesota2 | 2,540,000 | 8 | 3.83 | Iron ore (usable shipped), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), | |||||
| stone (dimension). | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 270,000 | 39 | 0.41 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), cement (portland), clays (fuller's earth), clays (ball). | |||||
| Missouri | 2,070,000 | 10 | 3.11 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), lead, lime, zinc. | |||||
| Montana | 1,070,000 | 21 | 1.60 | Copper, molybdenum (concentrates), platinum metal, palladium metal, sand and gravel (construction). | |||||
| Nebraska2 | 129,000 | 45 | 0.19 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (masonry). | |||||
| Nevada | 5,140,000 | 2 | 7.73 | Gold, copper, sand and gravel (construction), silver, lime. | |||||
| New Hampshire2 | 112,000 | 46 | 0.17 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), gemstones (natural). | |||||
| New Jersey2 | 547,000 | 35 | 0.82 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), greensand marl, peat. | |||||
| New Mexico | 1,470,000 | 15 | 2.22 | Copper, potash, sand and gravel (construction), molybdenum (concentrates), cement (portland). | |||||
| New York | 1,330,000 | 17 | 2.00 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), salt, sand and gravel (construction), zinc. | |||||
| North Carolina2 | 1,020,000 | 22 | 1.54 | Stone (crushed), phosphate rock, sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), clays | |||||
| (common). | |||||||||
| North Dakota2 | 44,400 | 48 | 0.07 | Sand and gravel (construction), lime, stone (crushed), clays (common), sand and gravel (industrial). | |||||
| Ohio | 1,270,000 | 19 | 1.91 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), salt, lime, cement (portland). | |||||
| Oklahoma | 684,000 | 32 | 1.03 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), iodine, sand and gravel (industrial). | |||||
| Oregon | 509,000 | 36 | 0.77 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), diatomite, perlite (crude). | |||||
| Pennsylvania2 | 1,710,000 | 12 | 2.58 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (masonry). | |||||
| Rhode Island2 | 43,700 | 49 | 0.07 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), gemstones (natural). | |||||
| South Carolina | 735,000 | 29 | 1.11 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), cement (masonry), sand and gravel (construction), sand and | |||||
| gravel (industrial). | |||||||||
| South Dakota | 223,000 | 41 | 0.34 | Cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), gold. | |||||
| Tennessee | 856,000 | 25 | 1.29 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), clays (ball), sand and gravel | |||||
| (industrial). | |||||||||
| Texas | 2,980,000 | 7 | 4.49 | Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), salt, lime. | |||||
| Utah | 3,960,000 | 4 | 5.96 | Copper, molybdenum (concentrates), gold, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland). | |||||
| Vermont2 | 84,200 | 47 | 0.13 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), talc (crude), gemstones (natural). | |||||
| Virginia | 1,270,000 | 18 | 1.92 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, zirconium (concentrates). | |||||
| Washington | 718,000 | 30 | 1.08 | Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), zinc, cement (portland), lime. | |||||
| West Virginia | 230,000 | 40 | 0.35 | Stone (crushed), cement (portland), lime, sand and gravel (industrial), cement (masonry). | |||||
| Wisconsin2 | 566,000 | 34 | 0.85 | Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), lime, stone (dimension). | |||||
| Wyoming | 1,590,000 | 14 | 2.40 | Soda ash, clays (bentonite), helium (Grade-A), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed). | |||||
| Undistributed | 522,000 | XX | 0.79 | ||||||
| Total | 66,500,000 | XX | 100.00 | ||||||
| See footnotes of end of table. | |||||||||
| TABLE 3�Continued | |||||||||
| VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20061 | |||||||||
| XX Not applicable. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than 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