TABLE 13 | |||||||||||
COMMON CLAY AND SHALE USED IN BUILDING BRICK | |||||||||||
PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1, 2 | |||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
State | Quantity | Valuer, e | Quantity | Valuee | |||||||
Alabama | 363 | 3,130 | 363 | 3,180 | |||||||
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi | 410 | 2,290 | 251 | 1,420 | |||||||
California and Utah | 170 | 970 | 94 | 1,060 | |||||||
Colorado | 94 | 289 | 83 | 245 | |||||||
Georgia and South Carolina | 822 | 4,510 | 578 | 2,030 | |||||||
Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan | 221 | 996 | 153 | 626 | |||||||
Indiana | 86 | 474 | 55 | 293 | |||||||
Kansas and Missouri | 65 | 520 | 68 | 559 | |||||||
Kentucky3 and Tennessee | 289 | 1,670 | 143 | 670 | |||||||
Nebraska and North Dakota | 125 | 518 | 121 | 777 | |||||||
North Carolina | 459 | 2,150 | 455 | 1,960 | |||||||
Ohio | 353 | 4,490 | 159 | 877 | |||||||
Oklahoma | 418 | 1,590 | 417 | 1,410 | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 256 | 1,420 | 191 | 1,040 | |||||||
Texas | 411 | 2,540 | 509 | 2,510 | |||||||
Virginia and West Virginia | 527 | 2,410 | 370 | 1,500 | |||||||
Other4 | 230 | 1,250 | 132 | 888 | |||||||
Total | 5,300 | 31,200 | 4,140 | 21,000 | |||||||
eEstimated. rRevised.- | |||||||||||
1Includes extruded and other brick. | |||||||||||
2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
3Extruded brick only. | |||||||||||
4Includes all other States except Alaska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and | |||||||||||
Wisconsin. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices