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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||
| COMMON CLAY AND SHALE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS | ||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND USE1, 2, 3 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | |||||||
| State and use | -Quantity- | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| State: | ||||||||
| Alabama | 1,210 | 9,070 | 1,240 | 8,390 | ||||
| Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi | 752 | r | 4,060 | r | 604 | 3,540 | ||
| California and Oregon | 715 | r | 8,320 | r | 1,170 | 8,540 | ||
| Colorado | 235 | r | 5,000 | r | 228 | 4,880 | ||
| Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan | 515 | r | 2,260 | r | 320 | 1,650 | ||
| Indiana | 369 | 6,240 | 294 | 6,490 | ||||
| Kansas | 296 | 1,750 | 309 | 1,800 | ||||
| Kentucky and Tennessee | 385 | r | 5,210 | r | 268 | 4,530 | ||
| Missouri | 409 | 3,190 | 344 | 1,660 | ||||
| Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota | 251 | r | 1,270 | r | 258 | 1,380 | ||
| New York | 425 | 19,000 | 519 | 22,100 | ||||
| North Carolina | 732 | r | 20,100 | r | 727 | 20,000 | ||
| Ohio | 693 | 13,900 | 518 | 10,500 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 638 | 3,010 | 603 | 1,990 | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 317 | r | 2,480 | r | 236 | 1,240 | ||
| South Carolina | 197 | 1,120 | 144 | 921 | ||||
| Texas | 1,940 | 13,400 | 1,520 | 12,100 | ||||
| Utah | 332 | 12,100 | 306 | 11,900 | ||||
| Virginia and West Virginia | 529 | r | 2,430 | r | 371 | 1,500 | ||
| Other4 | 930 | r | 5,090 | r | 630 | 2,100 | ||
| Total | 11,900 | r | 139,000 | r | 10,600 | 127,000 | ||
| Use: | ||||||||
| Floor and wall tile5 | 181 | r | NA | 203 | NA | |||
| Heavy-clay products: | ||||||||
| Brick, extruded | 4,360 | NA | 3,680 | NA | ||||
| Brick, other | 943 | NA | 464 | NA | ||||
| Other6 | 103 | NA | 21 | NA | ||||
| Lightweight aggregate: | ||||||||
| Concrete block | 1,140 | r | NA | 977 | NA | |||
| Highway surfacing | 661 | r | NA | 290 | NA | |||
| Structural concrete | 655 | r | NA | 545 | NA | |||
| Miscellaneous | 502 | NA | 653 | NA | ||||
| Portland and other cements | 2,800 | NA | 3,270 | NA | ||||
| Refractories7 | 247 | NA | 95 | NA | ||||
| Miscellaneous8 | 276 | r | NA | 409 | NA | |||
| Total | 11,900 | r | 139,000 | r | 10,600 | 127,000 | ||
| rRevised. NA Not available. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Does not include Puerto Rico. | ||||||||
| 3Includes only production for companies with mills or plants. | ||||||||
| 4Includes Arizona (2012), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine (2012), Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Mexico,- | ||||||||
| Washington (2012), and Wyoming. | ||||||||
| 5Includes ceramic tile, quarry tile, and miscellaneous floor and wall tiles. | ||||||||
| 6Includes drain tile, flowerpots, flue linings, sewer pipes, structural tile, and miscellaneous clay products. | ||||||||
| 7Includes firebrick, blocks and shapes, mortar and cement, grogs and calcines, and miscellaneous refractories. | ||||||||
| 8Includes exports reported by producers; miscellaneous civil engineering and sealings; miscellaneous fillers, extenders,- | ||||||||
| and binders; pottery; roofing granules; and unknown uses.- | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
