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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||
| DIMENSION STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN | ||||||||||
| THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Type | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Granite | 519,000 | $117,000 | 585,000 | $130,000 | ||||||
| Limestone | 1,040,000 | 180,000 | 1,130,000 | 168,000 | ||||||
| Marble | 45,700 | 17,400 | 56,300 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Sandstone | 416,000 | 53,400 | 473,000 | 58,400 | ||||||
| Slate | 43,300 | 17,000 | 42,900 | 19,100 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous stone3 | 406,000 | 85,100 | 346,000 | 68,400 | ||||||
| Total | 2,470,000 | 470,000 | 2,630,000 | 461,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Does not include American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes any other type of stone used as building stone and commercial stone that does not fit the other listed | ||||||||||
| aforementioned categories. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
