Crushed Stone Sold Or Used By Producers In The United States, By Use

TABLE 9
CRUSHED STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE¹

	2014²			2015
	Quantity			Quantity
	(thousand	Value	Unit	(thousand	Value	Unit
Use	metric tons)	(thousands)	value	metric tons)	(thousands)	value
Construction:
Coarse aggregate (+1- inch):
Macadam	919	$12,300	$13.34	992	$12,200	$12.33
Riprap and jetty stone	7,980	101,000	12.67	7,780	98,000	12.59
Filter stone	2,370	24,500	10.37	1,920	20,600	10.76
Unspecified coarse aggregate	21,300	243,000	11.41	20,100	244,000	12.15
Coarse aggregate, graded:
Concrete aggregate, coarse	30,600	335,000	10.95	26,900	314,000	11.70
Bituminous aggregate, coarse	20,000	237,000	11.85	16,900	203,000	11.99
Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate	3,950	50,100	12.66	5,220	70,700	13.53
Railroad ballast	6,890	73,000	10.59	7,080	77,700	10.97
Unspecified graded coarse aggregate	101,000	1,400,000	13.89	112,000	1,590,000	14.18
Fine aggregate (- ⅜ inch):
Stone sand, concrete	4,290	47,200	10.99	3,870	46,500	12.00
Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal	6,730	71,800	10.68	7,210	79,700	11.05
Screening, undesignated	12,100	100,000	8.32	9,060	81,700	9.02
Unspecified fine aggregate	32,100	369,000	11.50	37,700	444,000	11.78
Coarse and fine aggregates:
Graded road base or subbase	59,400	471,000	7.94	56,100	463,000	8.26
Unpaved road surfacing	8,820	77,400	8.78	8,340	81,700	9.80
Terrazzo and exposed aggregate	515	10,300	20.06	1,390	16,200	11.65
Crusher run or fill or waste	23,900	180,000	7.50	19,800	167,000	8.46
Roofing granules	613	6,590	10.74	1,300	90,800	69.77
Unspecified coarse and fine aggregates	96,900	964,000	9.95	110,000	1,170,000	10.73
Unspecified and other construction materials	3,170	41,600	13.13	4,490	50,900	11.34
Agricultural:
Agricultural limestone	8,380	87,300	10.42	8,480	78,700	9.28
Poultry grit and mineral food	1,750	27,500	15.71	1,180	20,000	16.91
Unspecified and other agricultural uses	252	13,200	52.49	954	24,400	25.61
Chemical and metallurgical:
Cement manufacture	70,600	371,000	5.25	82,500	428,000	5.19
Lime manufacture	37,800	324,000	8.58	26,500	191,000	7.22
Dead-burned dolomite manufacture	W	W	W	W	W	W
Flux stone	3,920	29,200	7.46	3,910	29,500	7.54
Chemical stone	W	W	W	W	W	W
Glass manufacture	391	9,070	23.16	341	6,010	17.64
Sulfur oxide removal	8,270	67,900	8.21	8,140	68,100	8.37
Special:
Mine dusting or acid water treatment	606	16,100	26.57	463	9,070	19.58
Asphalt fillers or extenders	1,100	18,600	16.89	1,110	24,400	22.00
Whiting or whiting substitute	617	14,900	24.08	293	10,200	34.85
Other fillers or extenders	3,490	79,400	22.74	4,400	81,400	18.53
Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed	6,830	86,300	12.64	3,750	53,000	14.13
Unspecified:³
Reported	348,000	3,620,000	10.41	386,000	4,110,000	10.65
Estimated	318,000	3,210,000	10.10	341,000	3,550,000	10.40
Total or average	1,250,000	12,800,000	10.21	1,330,000	14,000,000	10.56
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed.--
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit values; may not add to totals shown.
²Estimated quantities have been recalculated.-
³Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use.