TABLE 4 | ||||||||
ESTIMATED FELDSPAR SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN- | ||||||||
THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1, 2 | ||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
2013 | 2014 | |||||||
Use | Quantity | Valuer | Quantity | Value | ||||
Glass3 | 300 | 21,800 | 270 | 18,600 | ||||
Ceramics/pottery and miscellaneous | 250 | 18,300 | 250 | 15,800 | ||||
Total | 550 | 40,100 | 520 | 34,400 | ||||
rRevised. | ||||||||
1Includes hand-cobbed feldspar, flotation-concentrate feldspar, feldspar in feldspar-quartz mixtures,- | ||||||||
and aplite. | ||||||||
2Quantity data are rounded to two significant digits, and value data are rounded to three significant- | ||||||||
digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
3Includes container glass, fiberglass, and other glass. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices