TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
PEAT PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES,- | ||||||||||||
BY SIZE OF OPERATION | ||||||||||||
Production | ||||||||||||
Size | Active operations | (thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||
(metric tons per year) | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
23,000 and more | 4 | 5 | 339 | 326 | ||||||||
9,000 to 22,999 | 6 | 4 | 93 | 80 | ||||||||
5,000 to 8,999 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||
1,000 to 4,999 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | ||||||||
Less than 1,000 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
Total | 31 | 29 | 468 | 455 |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices