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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| MARKETABLE PRODUCT AND ORE TREATED OR SOLD AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES | ||||||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, BY SELECTED COMMODITY AND STATE1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons, unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||
| Marketable product | Ore treated or sold | |||||||||||
| Commodity or State | Surface | Underground | Total | Surface | Underground | Total | ||||||
| Commodity: | ||||||||||||
| Metal ore: | ||||||||||||
| Copper2 | 1,170 | -- | 1,170 | 678,000 | -- | 678,000 | ||||||
| Gold | (3) | (3) | 235,000 | 4 | 230,000 | 5,480 | 235,000 | |||||
| Iron, usable | 54,000 | -- | 54,000 | 178,000 | -- | 178,000 | ||||||
| Industrial minerals: | ||||||||||||
| Clays | 25,800 | (5) | 25,800 | 25,800 | (6) | 25,800 | ||||||
| Feldspar7 | 526 | -- | 526 | 526 | -- | 526 | ||||||
| Gypsum | 15,800 | 1,920 | 17,700 | 15,800 | 1,920 | 17,700 | ||||||
| Phosphate rock | 30,100 | -- | 30,100 | 150,000 | -- | 150,000 | ||||||
| Pumice8 | 397 | -- | 397 | 397 | -- | 397 | ||||||
| Salt | (9) | 34,900 | 34,900 | (10) | 34,900 | 34,900 | ||||||
| Sand and gravel: | ||||||||||||
| Construction | 812,000 | -- | 812,000 | 812,000 | -- | 812,000 | ||||||
| Industrial | 50,700 | (5) | 50,700 | 50,700 | (6) | 50,700 | ||||||
| Soda ash | -- | 11,100 | 11,100 | -- | 11,100 | 11,100 | ||||||
| Stone: | ||||||||||||
| Crushed | 1,100,000 | 71,100 | 1,170,000 | 1,100,000 | 71,100 | 1,170,000 | ||||||
| Dimension | 2,150 | (5) | 2,150 | 2,150 | (6) | 2,150 | ||||||
| Talc | 575 | -- | 575 | 575 | -- | 575 | ||||||
| State: | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | 43,200 | (5) | 43,200 | 43,200 | (6) | 43,200 | ||||||
| Alaska | 11,000 | (5) | 11,000 | 54,100 | (6) | 54,100 | ||||||
| Arizona | 44,100 | -- | 44,100 | 578,000 | -- | 578,000 | ||||||
| Arkansas | 35,800 | (5) | 35,800 | 35,800 | (6) | 35,800 | ||||||
| California | 115,000 | (5) | 115,000 | 132,000 | (6) | 132,000 | ||||||
| Colorado | 36,000 | (5) | 36,000 | 55,000 | (6) | 55,000 | ||||||
| Connecticut | 13,100 | -- | 13,100 | 13,100 | -- | 13,100 | ||||||
| Delaware | 2,340 | -- | 2,340 | 2,340 | -- | 2,340 | ||||||
| Florida | 194,000 | -- | 194,000 | 194,000 | -- | 194,000 | ||||||
| Georgia | 48,000 | 2,560 | 50,600 | 48,000 | 2,560 | 50,600 | ||||||
| Hawaii | 5,680 | -- | 5,680 | 5,680 | -- | 5,680 | ||||||
| Idaho | 19,000 | (5) | 19,000 | 29,700 | (6) | 29,700 | ||||||
| Illinois | 65,900 | 7,920 | 73,800 | 65,900 | 7,920 | 73,800 | ||||||
| Indiana | 61,400 | (5) | 61,400 | 61,400 | (6) | 61,400 | ||||||
| Iowa | 42,900 | 4,410 | 47,300 | 42,900 | 4,410 | 47,300 | ||||||
| Kansas | 26,600 | 2,640 | 29,200 | 26,600 | 2,640 | 29,200 | ||||||
| Kentucky | 36,400 | 15,500 | 51,900 | 36,400 | 15,500 | 51,900 | ||||||
| Louisiana | 24,300 | 11,100 | 35,400 | 25,100 | 11,400 | 36,500 | ||||||
| Maine | 12,300 | -- | 12,300 | 12,300 | -- | 12,300 | ||||||
| Maryland | 28,100 | (5) | 28,100 | 28,100 | (6) | 28,100 | ||||||
| Massachusetts | 19,000 | -- | 19,000 | 19,000 | -- | 19,000 | ||||||
| Michigan | 68,100 | (5) | 68,100 | 93,900 | 1,450 | 95,300 | ||||||
| Minnesota | 98,300 | -- | 98,300 | 198,000 | -- | 198,000 | ||||||
| Mississippi | 14,200 | -- | 14,200 | 14,200 | -- | 14,200 | ||||||
| Missouri | 66,900 | 10,400 | 77,300 | 66,900 | 15,000 | 81,900 | ||||||
| Montana | 15,200 | (5) | 15,200 | 33,600 | 2,150 | 35,700 | ||||||
| Nebraska | 17,300 | 4,590 | 21,900 | 17,300 | 4,590 | 21,900 | ||||||
| Nevada | 21,900 | (5) | 21,900 | 193,000 | 3,940 | 197,000 | ||||||
| New Hampshire | 11,400 | -- | 11,400 | 11,400 | -- | 11,400 | ||||||
| New Jersey | 26,600 | -- | 26,600 | 26,600 | -- | 26,600 | ||||||
| New Mexico | 18,300 | (5) | 18,300 | 94,800 | (6) | 94,800 | ||||||
| New York | 63,700 | 4,540 | 68,200 | 63,800 | 4,540 | 68,300 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 50,800 | -- | 50,800 | 56,700 | -- | 56,700 | ||||||
| North Dakota | 31,100 | -- | 31,100 | 31,100 | -- | 31,100 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 6-Continued | ||||||||||||
| MARKETABLE PRODUCT AND ORE TREATED OR SOLD AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES | ||||||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2012, BY SELECTED COMMODITY AND STATE1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons, unless otherwise specified) | ||||||||||||
| Marketable product | Ore treated or sold | |||||||||||
| Commodity or State | Surface | Underground | Total | Surface | Underground | Total | ||||||
| State:-Continued | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 74,600 | 7,150 | 81,800 | 74,600 | 7,150 | 81,800 | ||||||
| Oklahoma | 55,600 | (5) | 55,600 | 55,600 | (6) | 55,600 | ||||||
| Oregon- | 25,200 | -- | 25,200 | 25,200 | -- | 25,200 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | 80,500 | 12,100 | 92,600 | 80,500 | 12,100 | 92,600 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | 4,110 | -- | 4,110 | 4,110 | -- | 4,110 | ||||||
| South Carolina | 25,800 | -- | 25,800 | 26,000 | -- | 26,000 | ||||||
| South Dakota | 19,500 | -- | 19,500 | 22,300 | -- | 22,300 | ||||||
| Tennessee | 42,800 | 2,960 | 45,800 | 42,800 | 5,930 | 48,700 | ||||||
| Texas | 218,000 | 7,860 | 226,000 | 219,000 | 8,040 | 227,000 | ||||||
| Utah | 34,900 | (5) | 34,900 | 79,300 | (6) | 79,300 | ||||||
| Vermont | 11,100 | -- | 11,100 | 11,100 | -- | 11,100 | ||||||
| Virginia | 52,100 | 626 | 52,700 | 55,200 | 626 | 55,800 | ||||||
| Washington | 42,300 | (5) | 42,300 | 42,300 | (6) | 42,300 | ||||||
| West Virginia | 11,700 | 5,070 | 16,800 | 11,700 | 5,070 | 16,800 | ||||||
| Wisconsin | 63,800 | (5) | 63,800 | 63,800 | (6) | 63,800 | ||||||
| Wyoming | 27,500 | 10,300 | 37,800 | 27,500 | 10,300 | 37,800 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes copper-molybdenum. | ||||||||||||
| 3Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Marketable product, total.- | ||||||||||||
| 4Kilograms. | ||||||||||||
| 5Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Marketable product, surface.- | ||||||||||||
| 6Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Ore treated or sold, surface.- | ||||||||||||
| 7Includes aplite. | ||||||||||||
| 8Excludes volcanic cinder and scoria; included with -Stone: Crushed.- | ||||||||||||
| 9Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Marketable product, underground.- | ||||||||||||
| 10Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Ore treated or sold, underground.- | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
