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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Mineral | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Metals: | |||||||||||||||
| Beryllium concentrates4 | metric tons | 5,920 | NA | 5,570 | NA | 5,910 | NA | ||||||||
| Copper5 | 1,110 | 9,960,000 | 1,170 | 9,450,000 | 1,250 | 9,360,000 | |||||||||
| Gold5 | kilograms | 234,000 | 11,800,000 | 235,000 | 12,600,000 | 230,000 | 10,400,000 | ||||||||
| Iron ore, usable shipped | 55,600 | 5,530,000 | 52,900 | e | 5,190,000 | 52,700 | e | 5,110,000 | e | ||||||
| Lead5 | metric tons | 334,000 | 895,000 | 336,000 | 845,000 | 331,000 | 837,000 | ||||||||
| Molybdenum concentrates6 | do. | 63,700 | 3,830,000 | 61,500 | r | 3,090,000 | r | 60,700 | 3,060,000 | ||||||
| Palladium5 | kilograms | 12,400 | 295,000 | 12,300 | 257,000 | 12,600 | 295,000 | ||||||||
| Platinum5 | do. | 3,700 | 205,000 | 3,670 | 184,000 | 3,720 | 178,000 | ||||||||
| Rare earths7- | metric tons | -- | -- | 3,000 | W | 5,500 | W | ||||||||
| Silver5 | kilograms | 1,120,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,060,000 | 1,060,000 | 1,040,000 | 793,000 | ||||||||
| Vanadium | metric tons | 590 | 8,790 | r | 106 | r | 1,520 | r | 591 | 7,870 | |||||
| Zinc5 | do. | 743,000 | 1,740,000 | 713,000 | 1,510,000 | 758,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||||||
| Combined values of bauxite, cadmium (byproduct | |||||||||||||||
| from zinc concentrates), chromite ore (2011-12), | |||||||||||||||
| magnesium metal, titanium concentrates, tungsten, | |||||||||||||||
| zirconium concentrates, and values indicated by | |||||||||||||||
| symbol W | XX | 446,000 | XX | 523,000 | XX | 444,000 | e | ||||||||
| Total | XX | 36,000,000 | XX | 34,700,000 | XX | 32,100,000 | e | ||||||||
| Industrial minerals, excluding fuels:8 | |||||||||||||||
| Barite | 710 | 61,200 | 666 | 74,500 | 723 | 81,900 | |||||||||
| Cement:9 | |||||||||||||||
| Masonry | 1,760 | 237,000 | e | 1,930 | 259,000 | e | 2,120 | 303,000 | e | ||||||
| Portland | 66,100 | 5,820,000 | e | 72,200 | 6,390,000 | e | 74,700 | 6,980,000 | e | ||||||
| Clays: | |||||||||||||||
| Ball | 886 | 40,900 | 973 | 45,100 | 1,000 | 42,800 | |||||||||
| Bentonite | 4,990 | 304,000 | 4,980 | 311,000 | 4,350 | 282,000 | |||||||||
| Common | 11,700 | 141,000 | 11,900 | r | 139,000 | r | 10,600 | 127,000 | |||||||
| Fire | 215 | 6,360 | 183 | 4,870 | 151 | 3,420 | |||||||||
| Fuller-s earth10 | 1,950 | 194,000 | 1,980 | 182,000 | 1,990 | 178,000 | |||||||||
| Kaolin | 5,950 | 851,000 | 5,900 | r | 881,000 | r | 5,950 | 874,000 | |||||||
| Diatomite | 813 | 219,000 | 735 | 210,000 | 782 | 229,000 | |||||||||
| Feldspar9 | 580 | r, 11 | 45,400 | r | 560 | r, 11 | 36,500 | r | 550 | 11 | 40,100 | ||||
| Garnet, industrial9 | metric tons | 56,400 | 9,760 | 46,900 | 8,600 | 33,900 | 5,760 | ||||||||
| Gemstones, natural9 | NA | 11,000 | NA | 11,300 | NA | 9,570 | |||||||||
| Gypsum, crude9 | 9,770 | r | 80,400 | r | 14,800 | r | 115,000 | r | 15,500 | 137,000 | |||||
| Helium: | |||||||||||||||
| Crude | million cubic meters | 43 | 117,000 | 44 | 126,000 | 28 | 85,100 | ||||||||
| Grade-A | do. | 127 | 731,000 | 128 | 784,000 | 118 | 807,000 | ||||||||
| Kyanite | metric tons | 98,200 | 31,000 | e | 98,500 | 31,000 | e | 110,000 | 33,000 | e | |||||
| Lime12 | 19,100 | 2,130,000 | 18,800 | 2,230,000 | 19,200 | 2,320,000 | |||||||||
| Lithium carbonate | (13) | W | (13) | W | 4,600 | 11,200 | |||||||||
| Mica, crude | metric tons | 52,000 | 6,890 | 47,500 | 6,070 | 48,100 | 5,940 | ||||||||
| Pea | 595 | 13,500 | 484 | 11,800 | 453 | 11,500 | |||||||||
| Perlite, crude | metric tons | 420,000 | 23,600 | 393,000 | r | 20,400 | r | 419,000 | 23,100 | ||||||
| Phosphate rock, marketable9 | 28,100 | 2,720,000 | 30,100 | 3,080,000 | 31,200 | 2,850,000 | |||||||||
| Potash, gross weight11 | 2,300 | * | 740,000 | * | 2,200 | * | 750,000 | * | 2,000 | * | 630,000 | ||||
| Pumice and pumicite | metric tons | 343,000 | r | 10,500 | r | 338,000 | r | 10,800 | r | 269,000 | 9,320 | ||||
| Salt | 45,500 | 1,770,000 | 34,900 | 1,460,000 | 43,400 | 2,090,000 | |||||||||
| Sand and gravel: | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | 809,000 | r | 6,070,000 | r | 816,000 | r | 6,250,000 | r | 850,000 | 6,470,000 | |||||
| Industrial | 43,800 | 2,000,000 | 50,600 | r | 2,670,000 | 62,100 | 3,470,000 | ||||||||
| Soda ash9 | 10,700 | 1,580,000 | 11,100 | 1,740,000 | 11,500 | 1,680,000 | |||||||||
| Stone: | |||||||||||||||
| Crushed14 | 1,150,000 | r | 11,100,000 | r | 1,170,000 | 11,400,000 | 1,180,000 | 11,800,000 | |||||||
| Dimension | 1,850 | 395,000 | 2,150 | 452,000 | 2,270 | 458,000 | |||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||||
| TABLE 1-Continued | |||||||||||||||
| NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1, 2, 3 | |||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Mineral | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Industrial minerals, excluding fuels-Continued:8 | |||||||||||||||
| Talc, crude9 | 616 | 21,800 | 515 | 17,100 | 542 | 20,800 | |||||||||
| Tripoli9 | metric tons | 73,700 | 16,500 | 120,000 | 18,900 | 110,000 | 17,600 | ||||||||
| Vermiculite, concentratee | 100 | 15 | W | 100 | 15 | W | 100 | 15 | W | ||||||
| Zeolites9 | metric tons | 65,400 | W | 74,000 | W | 69,500 | W | ||||||||
| Combined values of andalusite, boron minerals, | |||||||||||||||
| bromine, clays (fuller-s earth), emery,- | |||||||||||||||
| iodine (crude), iron oxide pigments (crude), | |||||||||||||||
| magnesite, magnesium compounds, olivine | |||||||||||||||
| (2011-12), pyrophyllite (crude), silica stone, | |||||||||||||||
| staurolite, wollastonite, and values indicated by | |||||||||||||||
| symbol W* | XX | 1,290,000 | XX | 1,270,000 | r, * | XX | 1,150,000 | ||||||||
| Total | XX | 38,800,000 | XX | 41,000,000 | r | XX | 43,200,000 | ||||||||
| Grand total | XX | 74,800,000 | XX | 75,800,000 | r | XX | 75,300,000 | ||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. do. Ditto. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; value included with -Combined values.- | |||||||||||||||
| XX Not applicable. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Summary data from the chapters of the 2013 Minerals Yearbook as they were completed and released through December 8, 2015. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including consumption by producers). | |||||||||||||||
| 3Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Shipments. | |||||||||||||||
| 5Recoverable content of ores, and so forth. | |||||||||||||||
| 6Content of ore and concentrate. | |||||||||||||||
| 7Rare-earth oxide basis. | |||||||||||||||
| 8Sold or used unless otherwise specified. | |||||||||||||||
| 9Production. | |||||||||||||||
| 10Does not include attapulgite; included in -Combined values.- | |||||||||||||||
| 11Data are rounded to two significant digits. | |||||||||||||||
| 12Includes Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||||||
| 13Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||||||
| 14Does not include abrasive stone; included elsewhere in table. | |||||||||||||||
| 15Data are rounded to one significant digit. | |||||||||||||||
| *Correction posted March 1, 2017. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
