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| TABLE 12 | |||||||||||||
| GRANITE, TRAPROCK, AND SANDSTONE AND QUARTZITE- SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2015, BY USE1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| Granite | Traprock | Sandstone and quartzite2 | |||||||||||
| Use | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Construction: | |||||||||||||
| Coarse aggregate (+1- inch): | |||||||||||||
| Macadam | W | W | W | W | 73 | 906 | |||||||
| Riprap and jetty stone | 777 | 13,700 | 391 | 7,230 | 384 | 5,300 | |||||||
| Filter stone | 114 | 1,620 | 136 | 1,800 | 70 | 720 | |||||||
| Unspecified coarse aggregate | 1,270 | 28,000 | 2,760 | 37,900 | 451 | 4,310 | |||||||
| Coarse aggregate, graded: | |||||||||||||
| Concrete aggregate, coarse | 2,760 | 40,500 | 1,910 | 25,400 | 633 | 6,010 | |||||||
| Bituminous aggregate, coarse | 3,890 | 48,200 | 2,280 | 28,200 | 391 | 4,580 | |||||||
| Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate | 256 | 5,820 | 1,630 | 21,100 | W | W | |||||||
| Railroad ballast | 2,630 | 31,600 | 2,150 | 20,500 | 70 | 604 | |||||||
| Unspecified graded coarse aggregate | 23,400 | 399,000 | 6,940 | 95,200 | 1,410 | 15,700 | |||||||
| Fine aggregate (- ⅜ inch): | |||||||||||||
| Stone sand, concrete | 1,220 | 14,900 | 262 | 3,360 | 430 | 5,950 | |||||||
| Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal | 1,190 | 15,600 | 1,350 | 13,000 | 68 | 385 | |||||||
| Screening, undesignated | 1,310 | 14,600 | 1,230 | 15,700 | 145 | 1,300 | |||||||
| Unspecified fine aggregate | 7,390 | 94,900 | 3,310 | 34,800 | 1,070 | 12,300 | |||||||
| Coarse and fine aggregates: | |||||||||||||
| Graded road base or subbase | 4,970 | 53,600 | 4,550 | 37,100 | 1,660 | 14,200 | |||||||
| Unpaved road surfacing | 438 | 4,060 | 594 | 4,510 | (4) | (4) | |||||||
| Terrazzo and exposed aggregate | 859 | 4,880 | W | W | 16 | 1,140 | |||||||
| Crusher run or fill or waste | 2,340 | 19,900 | 612 | 4,940 | 430 | 3,940 | |||||||
| Roofing granules | W | W | 719 | 76,900 | W | W | |||||||
| Unspecified coarse and fine aggregates | 17,400 | 188,000 | 6,380 | 81,300 | 1,540 | 14,000 | |||||||
| Unspecified and other construction materials | 510 | 7,240 | 33 | 334 | 208 | 1,760 | |||||||
| Agricultural: | |||||||||||||
| Agricultural limestone | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Poultry grit and mineral food | W | W | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Unspecified and other agricultural uses | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Chemical and metallurgical: | |||||||||||||
| Cement manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | W | |||||||
| Lime manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Dead-burned dolomite manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Flux stone | -- | -- | -- | -- | W | W | |||||||
| Chemical stone | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Glass manufacture | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Sulfur oxide removal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Special: | |||||||||||||
| Mine dusting or acid water treatment | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Asphalt fillers or extenders | W | W | 120 | 9,380 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Whiting or whiting substitute | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Other fillers or extenders | -- | -- | -- | -- | 74 | 1,140 | |||||||
| Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed | (4) | 3 | 74 | 893 | 1,900 | 31,400 | |||||||
| Unspecified:3 | |||||||||||||
| Reported | 77,200 | 999,000 | 26,300 | 360,000 | 13,400 | 139,000 | |||||||
| Estimated | 34,000 | 420,000 | 19,300 | 239,000 | 19,300 | 183,000 | |||||||
| Total | 184,000 | 2,420,000 | 83,200 | 1,120,000 | 46,100 | 460,000 | |||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Total.- -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Includes sandstone-quartzite reported with no distinction between the two kinds of stone. | |||||||||||||
| 3Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use. | |||||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
