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| CRUSHED STONE SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20143 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | (thousand | Value | Unit | Number | (thousand | Value | Unit | |||||||||||||
| Type | of quarries | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | of quarries | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | ||||||||||||
| Limestone4 | 1,930 | 835,000 | $7,920,000 | $9.48 | 1,910 | 877,000 | $8,660,000 | $9.87 | ||||||||||||
| Dolomite | 107 | 41,800 | 444,000 | 10.60 | 101 | 44,000 | 490,000 | 11.13 | ||||||||||||
| Marble | 31 | 7,420 | 119,000 | 16.00 | 24 | 7,800 | 129,000 | 16.47 | ||||||||||||
| Calcareous marl | 5 | 2,300 | 6,870 | 2.99 | 5 | 2,760 | 8,110 | 2.93 | ||||||||||||
| Shell | 4 | 776 | 12,900 | 16.66 | 6 | 554 | 5,190 | 9.38 | ||||||||||||
| Granite | 395 | 168,000 | 2,130,000 | 12.71 | 391 | 184,000 | 2,420,000 | 13.15 | ||||||||||||
| Traprock | 302 | 78,900 | 1,030,000 | 13.09 | 282 | 83,200 | 1,120,000 | 13.48 | ||||||||||||
| Sandstone and quartzite5 | 203 | 46,100 | 438,000 | 9.51 | 202 | 46,100 | 460,000 | 9.96 | ||||||||||||
| Slate | 22 | 1,980 | 25,400 | 12.82 | 22 | 2,230 | 29,400 | 13.21 | ||||||||||||
| Volcanic cinder and scoria | 45 | 3,490 | 18,400 | 5.28 | 39 | 3,730 | 17,400 | 4.65 | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous stone | 679 | 67,600 | 641,000 | 9.48 | 1,640 | 75,200 | 674,000 | 8.96 | ||||||||||||
| Total or average | XX | 1,250,000 | 12,800,000 | 10.21 | XX | 1,330,000 | 14,000,000 | 10.56 | ||||||||||||
| XX Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit values; may not add to totals shown.- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Does not include American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Estimated quantities have been recalculated.- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Includes limestone-dolomite reported with no distinction between the two kinds of stone. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5Includes sandstone-quartzite reported with no distinction between the two kinds of stone. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
