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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||
| CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1 | ||||||||||||
| 20132 | 2014 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| (thousand | Value | Unit | (thousand | Value | Unit | |||||||
| Use | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | ||||||
| Concrete aggregates (including concrete sand) | 124,000 | $1,080,000 | $8.73 | 126,000 | $1,100,000 | $8.68 | ||||||
| Plaster and gunite sands | 2,420 | 26,000 | 10.74 | 2,250 | 26,000 | 11.60 | ||||||
| Concrete products (blocks, bricks, pipe, decorative, and so forth) | 1,590 | 14,700 | 9.26 | 3,170 | 28,200 | 8.89 | ||||||
| Asphaltic concrete aggregates and other bituminous mixtures | 32,000 | 283,000 | 8.83 | 31,100 | 289,000 | 9.28 | ||||||
| Road base and coverings | 67,500 | 448,000 | 6.64 | 65,700 | 463,000 | 7.05 | ||||||
| Road stabilization, cement | 1,130 | 7,690 | 6.82 | 1,670 | 11,800 | 7.07 | ||||||
| Road stabilization, lime | 854 | 7,410 | 8.68 | 555 | 4,130 | 7.44 | ||||||
| Fill | 37,500 | 199,000 | 5.29 | 32,900 | 195,000 | 5.93 | ||||||
| Snow and ice control | 3,350 | 24,700 | 7.36 | 2,930 | 23,400 | 7.99 | ||||||
| Railroad ballast | 234 | 3,530 | 15.08 | 385 | 5,460 | 14.19 | ||||||
| Roofing granules | 156 | 2,130 | 13.67 | 102 | 1,400 | 13.72 | ||||||
| Filtration | 809 | 7,830 | 9.67 | 367 | 3,540 | 9.64 | ||||||
| Golf course maintenance sand- | 175 | 2,160 | 12.31 | 254 | 3,190 | 12.57 | ||||||
| Other miscellaneous uses | 7,600 | 80,900 | 10.64 | 7,510 | 82,200 | 10.94 | ||||||
| Unspecified:3 | ||||||||||||
| Reported | 169,000 | 1,320,000 | 7.80 | 163,000 | 1,320,000 | 8.09 | ||||||
| Estimated | 369,000 | 2,840,000 | 7.71 | 381,000 | 3,020,000 | 7.94 | ||||||
| Total or average | 817,000 | 6,350,000 | 7.77 | 819,000 | 6,570,000 | 8.03 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit values; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Estimated quantities have been recalculated.- | ||||||||||||
| 3Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use. | ||||||||||||
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Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
