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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| EXPANDED PERLITE PRODUCED AND SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Sold or used | - | Sold or used | |||||||||||||
| Average | Average | |||||||||||||||
| Production, | value2 | Production, | value2 | |||||||||||||
| quantity | Quantity | Value | (dollars per | quantity | Quantity | Value | (dollars per | |||||||||
| State | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | -metric ton) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | -metric ton) | ||||||||
| California | 24,500 | r | 24,500 | $9,730 | $397 | 25,400 | 25,300 | $10,300 | $405 | |||||||
| Florida | 23,700 | 23,600 | 7,460 | 315 | - | 24,200 | 24,000 | 8,140 | 339 | |||||||
| Michigan | 26,900 | 26,900 | 6,860 | 255 | 28,900 | 28,900 | 7,350 | 254 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 16,900 | r | 16,800 | r | 7,430 | r | 441 | r | 18,700 | 18,600 | 8,460 | 454 | ||||
| Other3 | 370,000 | r | 368,000 | r | 111,000 | r | 302 | r | 369,000 | 366,000 | 114,000 | 311 | ||||
| Total or average | 462,000 | r | 460,000 | r | 143,000 | r | 310 | 466,000 | 463,000 | 148,000 | 320 | |||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Average value is based on unrounded data and is rounded to the nearest dollar. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, | ||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
