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| TABLE 8 | |||||||||
| KAOLIN SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, | |||||||||
| BY STATE AND TYPE1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||
| State and type | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| State: | |||||||||
| Georgia | 5,410 | r | 844,000 | r | 5,450 | 836,000 | |||
| South Carolina | 256 | r | 20,600 | r | 257 | 21,800 | |||
| Other2 | 236 | 16,900 | 244 | 16,600 | |||||
| Total | 5,900 | r | 881,000 | r | 5,950 | 874,000 | |||
| Type: | |||||||||
| Airfloat | 996 | r | 83,700 | r | 996 | 84,800 | |||
| Calcined3 | 1,370 | 284,000 | 1,330 | 275,000 | |||||
| Delaminated | 927 | 139,000 | 926 | 139,000 | |||||
| Unprocessed | 349 | r | 16,000 | r | 423 | 14,900 | |||
| Water washed | 2,260 | r | 358,000 | 2,270 | 360,000 | ||||
| Total | 5,900 | r | 881,000 | r | 5,950 | 874,000 | |||
| rRevised. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Includes Alabama, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, and Texas. | |||||||||
| 3Includes pigment-grade kaolin (low-temperature calcined kaolin) and refractory-grade kaolin- | |||||||||
| (high-temperature calcined kaolin). | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
