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TABLE 13
MARBLE, VOLCANIC CINDER AND SCORIA, AND MISCELLANEOUS STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES
IN 2015, BY USE1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    Marble   Volcanic cinder and scoria   Miscellaneous stone
Use   Quantity   Value   Quantity   Value   Quantity   Value
Construction:
Coarse aggregate (+1- inch):
Macadam -- -- -- -- 16 135
Riprap and jetty stone W W W W 251 4,600
Filter stone -- -- -- -- 93 1,040
Unspecified coarse aggregate 28 567 6 48 477 6,070
Coarse aggregate, graded:
Concrete aggregate, coarse W W -- -- 893 11,600
Bituminous aggregate, coarse W W -- -- 882 8,450
Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate W W -- -- 173 3,870
Railroad ballast -- -- -- -- 417 5,660
Unspecified graded coarse aggregate 255 3,380 27 254 2,270 28,200
Fine aggregate (- ⅜ inch):
Stone sand, concrete W W -- -- 299 3,880
Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal W W -- -- 545 4,780
Screening, undesignated W W W W 414 4,770
Unspecified fine aggregate 75 767 12 151 982 11,200
Coarse and fine aggregates:
Graded road base or subbase W W W W 3,480 34,600
Unpaved road surfacing -- -- -- -- 557 5,610
Terrazzo and exposed aggregate 23 2,650 W W 284 4,630
Crusher run or fill or waste W W 136 888 755 7,530
Roofing granules -- -- -- -- -- --
Unspecified coarse and fine aggregates 216 2,300 28 258 3,560 27,400
Unspecified and other construction materials 35 1,800 194 2,090 294 5,710
Agricultural:
Agricultural limestone -- -- -- -- -- --
Poultry grit and mineral food -- -- -- -- -- --
Unspecified and other agricultural uses 323 5,600 1 22 72 550
Chemical and metallurgical:
Cement manufacture 2 16 -- -- 936 3,000
Lime manufacture -- -- -- -- -- --
Dead-burned dolomite manufacture -- -- -- -- -- --
Flux stone -- -- -- -- -- --
Chemical stone -- -- -- -- -- --
Glass manufacture -- -- -- -- -- --
Sulfur oxide removal -- -- -- -- -- --
Special:
Mine dusting or acid water treatment W W -- -- -- --
Asphalt fillers or extenders -- -- -- -- -- --
Whiting or whiting substitute W W -- -- -- --
Other fillers or extenders 1,430 51,000 -- -- 1 182
Other miscellaneous uses and specified uses not listed 151 4,230 89 728 298 2,690
Unspecified:2
Reported -- -- 2,480 5,630 20,200 90,600
Estimated 4,420 37,100 733   6,750   37,000   397,000
Total-   7,800   129,000   3,730   17,400   75,200   674,000
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Total.- -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Reported and estimated production without a breakdown by end use.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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