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TABLE 6
INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY U.S. PRODUCERS IN 2015, BY MAJOR END USE1
 
    Geographic region2
Northeast   Midwest   -South   - West   U.S. total
        Unit         Unit         Unit         Unit         Unit
Quantity value3 Quantity value3 Quantity value3 Quantity value3 Quantity value3
(thousand Value (dollars (thousand Value (dollars (thousand Value (dollars (thousand Value (dollars (thousand Value (dollars
metric (thou- per metric (thou- per metric (thou- per metric (thou- per metric (thou- per
Major use   tons)   sands)   ton)   tons)   sands)   ton)   tons)   sands)   ton)   tons)   sands)   ton)   tons)   sands)   ton)
Sand:                                                            
Glassmaking:
Containers W W $55.63 W W ##### 2,110 $63,800 $30.17 371 $9,460 $25.50 3,880 ####### #####
Flat, plate and window -- -- -- W W 37.91 1,310 36,700 27.90 619 13,700 22.08 2,660 78,000 29.29
Specialty -- -- -- W W 51.15 184 5,900 32.05 W W 61.25 579 26,100 45.15
Fiberglass, unground W W 33.75 59 $2,270 38.39 W W 42.02 W W 37.67 292 11,900 40.76
Fiberglass, ground -- -- -- (4) 1 -- 288 12,200 42.20 W W 61.25 296 12,600 42.72
Foundry:
Molding and core, unground W W 47.71 3,670 169,000 46.10 308 12,200 39.71 36 391 10.86 4,040 183,000 45.31
Molding and core, ground -- -- -- W W 44.24 12 647 53.92 -- -- -- 194 8,700 44.84
Refractory (4) $7 -- 35 1,340 38.40 82 2,710 32.99 -- -- -- 117 4,060 34.67
Metallurgical, flux for metal smelting -- -- -- W W -- W W 53.70 W W 13.00 W W 47.83
Abrasives, blasting W W 65.17 22 1,520 68.95 409 15,100 36.83 W W 69.75 441 17,300 39.12
Chemicals, ground and unground (4) (4) -- 302 13,900 46.06 588 29,400 50.01 W W 43.00 896 43,600 48.63
Fillers, ground, rubber, paints, putty, etc. 3 152 50.67 W W 54.97 W W 51.02 W W 52.67 84 4,490 53.42
Whole-grain fillers/building products 199 8,920 44.84 273 6,390 23.42 356 13,300 37.29 672 12,800 19.12 1,500 41,400 27.63
Ceramic, ground, pottery, brick, tile, etc. (4) 1 -- 3 172 57.33 105 5,660 53.93 (4) W -- 108 5,890 54.56
Filtration:
Water, municipal, county, local W W 30.46 157 6,860 43.67 395 14,000 35.54 213 7,290 34.24 778 28,600 36.74
Swimming pool, other W W 70.50 11 741 67.36 W W 48.19 W W 96.64 56 3,580 63.93
Petroleum industry:
Hydraulic fracturing W W 66.00 57,300 ####### 52.86 15,800 855,000 54.15 W W 57.51 73,800 ####### 53.19
Well packing and cementing 382 11,500 30.13 97 3,330 34.31 442 7,000 15.85 10 1,420 141.50 931 23,300 24.98
Recreational:
Golf course, greens and traps W W 60.27 65 2,600 40.05 475 14,300 30.03 W W 31.53 625 20,300 32.48
Baseball, volleyball, play sand, beaches W W 59.55 74 4,050 54.66 479 25,600 53.39 W W 35.25 602 31,800 52.82
Traction, engine 1 32 32.00 14 754 53.86 56 1,870 33.36 W W 56.33 86 3,500 40.69
Roofing granules and fillers 10 574 57.40 21 470 22.38 233 9,020 38.70 W W 41.33 297 11,400 38.46
Other, ground silica -- -- -- 242 11,000 38.91 989 34,700 34.38 291 11,900 39.90 1,250 44,600 35.70
Other, whole grain 1,120 58,000   49.04   3,390   118,000   45.35   6,120   101,000   31.74 1,570 68,300   46.31   8,470   173,000   39.46
Total or average 1,720   79,200   46.15   65,700   #######   51.29   30,700   #######   40.98   3,790   125,000   33.08   102,000   #######   47.42
Gravel:                                
Silicon, ferrosilicon -- -- -- -- -- -- W W 18.41 -- -- -- W W 18.41
Filtration W W 135.00 6 487 81.17 W W 21.52 -- -- -- W W 44.83
Other uses, specified -- -- --   68   996   14.65   470   6,420   13.66 127   2,620   20.62   665   10,000   15.09
Total or average W   W   135.00   74   1,480   20.04   942   14,700   15.63   127   2,620   20.62   1,150   19,200   16.78
Grand total or average 1,720 79,600 46.30 65,800 #######   51.26   31,700   #######   40.22   3,570   128,000   35.78   103,000   #######   47.08
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; for sand, included in -Other, whole grain-; for gravel, included in -Total or average.- -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except for unit values; may not add to totals shown.
2Sales region equivalent to U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Division as follows: New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT); Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA); East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI);-
South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV); East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN); West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX); Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY); Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA).
3Calculated using unrounded data.
4Less than - unit.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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