TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||
ESTIMATED FELDSPAR PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES1 | |||||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
Flotation concentrate | Other 2 | Total | |||||||||||
Year | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
2013 | 30 | 3,310 | 520 | 36,800 | 550 | 40,100 | |||||||
2014 | 50 | 959 | 490 | 33,900 | 530 | 34,800 | |||||||
1Quantity data are rounded to two significant digits, and value data are rounded to three- | |||||||||||||
significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | |||||||||||||
2Includes hand-cobbed feldspar, feldspar content of feldspar-quartz mixtures, and aplite;- | |||||||||||||
excludes nepheline syenite. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices