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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||
| DIMENSION STONE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Use | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| Rough stone: | ||||||||||||
| Rough blocks for building and construction | 845,000 | $142,000 | 911,000 | $139,000 | ||||||||
| Irregular-shaped stone | 387,000 | 54,500 | 481,000 | 54,000 | ||||||||
| Monumental | 142,000 | 18,200 | 144,000 | 17,100 | ||||||||
| Other2 | 72,200 | 15,500 | 29,400 | 11,600 | ||||||||
| Dressed stone: | ||||||||||||
| Ashlars and partially squared pieces | 450,000 | 104,000 | 465,000 | 79,100 | ||||||||
| Slabs and blocks for building and construction | 55,500 | 12,700 | 57,400 | 13,700 | ||||||||
| Monumental | 22,800 | 12,100 | 22,500 | 11,000 | ||||||||
| Curbing | 200,000 | 48,800 | 205,000 | 44,800 | ||||||||
| Flagging | 116,000 | 15,900 | 123,000 | 16,700 | ||||||||
| Flagging (slate) | 18,800 | 3,450 | 19,300 | 4,530 | ||||||||
| Panels and veneer | 34,600 | 11,700 | 63,600 | 25,400 | ||||||||
| Roofing slate | 23,100 | 12,400 | 21,900 | 13,000 | ||||||||
| Flooring slate | 394 | 720 | 757 | 1,160 | ||||||||
| Tile, all dimensions | 3,590 | 229 | 2,350 | 97 | ||||||||
| Other3 | 98,800 | 17,300 | 89,200 | 30,100 | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes flagging stone, exports, uses not specified, and uses not listed. | ||||||||||||
| 3Includes blackboards, exports, structural and sanitary, uses not specified, and uses not listed. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
