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TABLE 3
VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20131, 2
 
Value Percentage
State   (thousands)   Rank3   of U.S. total Principal minerals, in order of value  
Alabama $1,040,000 24 1.38 Cement (portland), stone (crushed), lime, sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry).
Alaska 3,550,000 7 4.71 Gold, zinc, silver, lead, sand and gravel (construction).
Arizona 7,540,000 2 10.01 Copper, molybdenum concentrates, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone (crushed).
Arkansas 689,000 32 0.92 Stone (crushed), bromine, sand and gravel (industrial), cement (portland), sand and gravel-
  (construction).
California 3,290,000 8 4.37 Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), boron minerals, stone (crushed), gold.
Colorado 2,070,000 12 2.75 Molybdenum concentrates, gold, sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone (crushed).
Connecticut4 171,000 43 0.23 Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), clays (common), gemstones (natural).
Delaware4 12,400 50 0.02 Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), magnesium compounds, gemstones (natural).
Florida 3,590,000 6 4.76 Phosphate rock, stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry).
Georgia 1,530,000 16 2.03 Clays (kaolin), stone (crushed), clays (fuller-s earth), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction).
Hawaii 103,000 47 0.14 Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), gemstones (natural).
Idaho 997,000 25 1.32 Molybdenum concentrates, phosphate rock, silver, sand and gravel (construction), lead.
Illinois4 1,190,000 20 1.58 Sand and gravel (industrial), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), tripoli.
Indiana 813,000 27 1.08 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (masonry).
Iowa 700,000 31 0.93 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (industrial), sand and gravel (construction), lime.
Kansas4 544,000 21 0.72 Helium (Grade-A), cement (portland), salt, stone (crushed), helium (crude).
Kentucky 807,000 28 1.07 Stone (crushed), lime, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial).
Louisiana4 539,000 33 0.72 Salt, sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), lime.
Maine4 88,200 45 0.12 Sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), peat.
Maryland4 262,000 35 0.35 Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (masonry), stone
  (dimension).
Massachusetts4 277,000 40 0.37 Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), lime, clays (common).
Michigan 2,590,000 9 3.44 Iron ore (usable shipped), cement (portland), salt, sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed).
Minnesota4 601,000 3 0.80 Iron ore (usable shipped), sand and gravel (industrial), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed),
  stone (dimension).
Mississippi4 130,000 44 0.17 Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), clays (fuller-s earth), clays (ball), clays (bentonite).
Missouri 2,410,000 10 3.19 Cement (portland), stone (crushed), lead, lime, sand and gravel (industrial).
Montana 1,310,000 19 1.74 Palladium, copper, molybdenum concentrates, platinum, gold.
Nebraska4 166,000 39 0.22 Cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), lime.
Nevada 9,200,000 1 12.22 Gold, copper, silver, lime, diatomite.
New Hampshire 96,100 48 0.13 Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), stone (dimension), gemstones (natural).
New Jersey 284,000 41 0.38 Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), peat, gemstones (natural).*
New Mexico 1,560,000 14 2.07 Copper, potash, sand and gravel (construction), molybdenum concentrates, stone (crushed).
New York 1,390,000 17 1.84 Salt, stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), wollastonite.
North Carolina4 845,000 22 1.12 Stone (crushed), phosphate rock, sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), clays
(common).
North Dakota4 263,000 42 0.35 Sand and gravel (construction), lime, stone (crushed), clays (common), sand and gravel (industrial).
Ohio4 1,050,000 18 1.39 Stone (crushed), salt, sand and gravel (construction), lime, cement (portland).
Oklahoma 709,000 30 0.94 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (industrial), sand and gravel (construction),
helium (Grade-A).
Oregon   346,000   36   0.46   Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland), diatomite, perlite (crude).  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 3-Continued
VALUE OF NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND PRINCIPAL NONFUEL MINERALS PRODUCED IN 20131, 2
 
Value Percentage
State   (thousands)   Rank3   of U.S. total Principal minerals, in order of value  
Pennsylvania4 1,510,000 15 2.00 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), lime, sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial).
Rhode Island4 45,800 49 0.06 Sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (industrial), gemstones (natural).
South Carolina4 547,000 34 0.73 Cement (portland), stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial),
  cement (masonry).
South Dakota 325,000 38 0.43 Sand and gravel (construction), gold, cement (portland), stone (crushed), lime.
Tennessee 966,000 26 1.28 Stone (crushed), zinc, cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial).
Texas 3,740,000 4 4.96 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), sand and gravel (industrial), salt.
Utah 3,680,000 5 4.89 Copper, molybdenum concentrates, gold, magnesium metal, potash.
Vermont4 126,000 46 0.17 Stone (crushed), sand and gravel (construction), stone (dimension), talc (crude), gemstones (natural).
Virginia 1,070,000 23 1.42 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), sand and gravel (construction), lime, zirconium concentrates.
Washington 739,000 29 0.98 Sand and gravel (construction), gold, stone (crushed), cement (portland), diatomite.
West Virginia4 174,000 37 0.23 Stone (crushed), cement (portland), lime, sand and gravel (industrial), cement (masonry).
Wisconsin4 1,530,000 13 2.04 Sand and gravel (industrial), sand and gravel (construction), stone (crushed), lime, stone (dimension).
Wyoming 2,260,000 11 3.00 Soda ash, clays (bentonite), helium (Grade-A), sand and gravel (construction), cement (portland).
Undistributed 5,850,000   XX   7.77  
Total   75,300,000   XX   100.00      
XX Not applicable.
1Summary data from the chapters of the 2013 Minerals Yearbook as they were completed and released through December 8, 2015.
2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3Rank based on total, unadjusted, State values.
4Partial total; does not include values that must be withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data which are included with -Undistributed.-
*Correction posted March 1, 2017.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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