TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED | |||||||||||
STATES IN 2015, BY SIZE OF OPERATION1 | |||||||||||
Quantity | |||||||||||
Capacity | Number of | Percent | (thousand | Percent | |||||||
(metric tons per year) | operations | of total | metric tons) | of total | |||||||
Less than 25,000 | 66 | 22 | 628 | (2) | |||||||
25,000 to 49,999 | 28 | 9 | 876 | 1 | |||||||
50,000 to 99,999 | 49 | 16 | 3,230 | 3 | |||||||
100,000 to 199,999 | 39 | 13 | 4,890 | 5 | |||||||
200,000 to 299,999 | 27 | 9 | 6,020 | 6 | |||||||
300,000 to 399,999 | 9 | 3 | 2,700 | 3 | |||||||
400,000 to 499,999 | 16 | 5 | 6,470 | 6 | |||||||
500,000 to 599,999 | 8 | 3 | 3,900 | 4 | |||||||
600,000 to 699,999 | 8 | 3 | 4,520 | 4 | |||||||
700,000 and more | 54 | 17 | 69,900 | 68 | |||||||
Total | 304 | 100 | 103,000 | 100 | |||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits;- | |||||||||||
may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
2Less than - unit. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices