Mineral Production Value, by Type of Commodity

In millions of dollars (145,453 represents $145,453,000,000). Value derived by multiplying production times price at the source of production

			1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Mineral Production Value, by Type of Commodity^{1, 2}
Industrial Minerals	Asbestos (sales)				6¹²	6	5
	Asphalt, Related Bitumens (native)³		3,480	2,979	2,800	2,690	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴
	Barite, Primary, Sold/used By Producers		16	21	20	19	19	10	15	16	15
	Boron Minerals, Sold/used By Producers		436	443	339	373	443	560	519	580	(NA)¹⁴
	Bromine, Sold/used By Producers		173	167	125	123	155	186	150	198	227
	Calcium Chloride (natural)					(NA)^{14, 15}	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴
	Cement⁴	Masonry⁴	225	188	199	230	286	307	321	339	(NA)¹⁴
	Cement⁴	Portland⁴	3,683	3,343	3,555	3,820	4,460	4,920	5,310	5,710	(NA)¹⁴
	Clays		1,620	1,505	1,470	1,470	1,590	1,730	1,710	1,670	(NA)¹⁴
	Diatomite		138	140	141	150	152	171	176	184	182
	Equivalent)		303	305	334	286	284	284	299	320	(NA)¹⁴
	Feldspar⁵		28	26	29	31	31	37	39	43	40
	Garnet (abrasive)		7	8	5	4	3	4	6	6	(NA)¹⁴
	Gemstones (estimate)		53	84	66	58	51	49	43	25	23
	Gypsum, Crude		100	94	101	107	115	121	124	132	137
	Helium⁶		113	175	187	189	199	196	193	206	(NA)¹⁴
	Industrial Minerals, Undistributed		504	538	525	455	531	725	820	803	(NA)¹⁴
	Lime, Sold/used By Producers		902	890	950	965	1,020	1,100	1,170	1,200	(NA)¹⁴
	Mica, Scrap And Flake, Sold/used By Producers		6	6	5	4	6	6	8	9	9
	Peat, Sales By Producers		19	18	17	16.8	15.3	17.0	18.5	17.5	(NA)¹⁴
	Perlite, Processed, Sold/used By Producers		17	15	16	17	19	22	21	23	(NA)¹⁴
	Phosphate Rock (marketable)		1,075	1,031	1,060	759	869	947	1,060	1,076	1,131
	Pumice And Pumicite (sales By Producers)		11	9	15	12.0	11.8	13.2	14.8	16.1	15
	Salt, Common, Sold/used By Producers		827	802	803	904	990	1,000	1,060	993	(NA)¹⁴
	Sand And Gravel, Sold/used By Producers		3,686	3,658	3,770	3,980	4,230	4,400	4,500	4,778	(NA)¹⁴
	Silica, Special⁷		(Z)¹³	-8			(NA)^{14, 16}	1	1	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴
	Sodium Carbonate (natural) (soda Ash)		836	836	837	734	724	829	926	915	(NA)¹⁴
	Sodium Sulfate (natural)		34	31	26	25	24	28	27	35	(NA)¹⁴
	Stone⁸	Crushed And Broken	5,591	5,187	5,590	5,930	6,620	6,740	7,180	8,070	(NA)¹⁴
		Dimension	231	210	198	226	218	233	234	225	205
		Total	5,822	5,396	5,790	6,160	6,840	6,970	7,410	8,295	(NA)¹⁴
	Sulfur	Frasch Mines (shipments)	335	272	151	101					(NA)^{14, 5}
	Talc, And Pyrophyllite, Crude^{9, 10}		31	32	31	28	30	32	31	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴
	Tripoli		3	3	14	16	11	11	18	16	(NA)¹⁴
	Vermiculite Concentrate		19		15¹⁵	15	14				(NA)^{14, 5}
	Total		21,022	20,027	20,600	21,054	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴
Metals	Antimony Ore And Concentrate¹¹										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Bauxite (dried Equivalent)										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Copper (recoverable Content)		4,311	3,931	4,180	3,640	4,430	5,640	4,610	4,580	(NA)¹⁴
	Gold (recoverable Content)		3,650	3,457	3,660	3,840	4,050	3,950	4,090	3,850	(NA)¹⁴
	Iron Ore, Gross Weight^{9, 4}		1,741	1,674	1,550	1,380	1,410	1,730	1,770	1,890	(NA)¹⁴
	Lead (recoverable Content)		491	344	307	249	298	359	459	460	(NA)¹⁴
	Magnesium Metal		433	337	360	377	389	476	455	400	(NA)¹⁴
	Manganiferous Ore (gross Weight)^{9, 3}										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Mercury^{9, 12}										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Molybdenum (concentrate)		348	250	190	165	284	651	456		(NA)^{14, 15}
	Nickel (ore And Concentrate)						¹⁷				(NA)^{14, 17}
	Palladium Metal		22	17	18	25	29	22	26	50	(NA)¹⁴
	Platinum Metal		27	21	21	21	25	21	24	33	(NA)¹⁴
	Silver (recoverable Content)		329	241	229	227	253	259	262	338	(NA)¹⁴
	Titanium Concentrate	Ilmenite (gross Weight)									(NA)^{14, 11}
	Tungsten Ore And Concentrate										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Undistributed		242	148	151	137	147	161	190	614	(NA)¹⁴
	Vanadium (recoverable Content)										(NA)^{14, 11}
	Zinc Mine Production (recoverable Content)		847	602	674	497	619	756	674	860	(NA)¹⁴
	Total		12,442	11,022	11,339	10,557	11,933	14,024	13,015	13,074	(NA)¹⁴
Mineral Fuels	Coal	Anthracite	138	124	120	142	168	187	177	165	174
		Bituminous⁹	19,014	17,888	17,458	15,081	16,442	15,688	15,875	16,110	16,036
		Total	22,415	21,425	20,992	18,782	20,073	19,469	19,691	19,777	19,668
	Natural Gas (wellhead ???)		31,789	30,389	32,555	38,723	36,391	30,241	42,858	46,098	39,082
	Petroleum, Crude		53,801	44,790	41,846	35,625	31,920	35,006	43,561	40,576	24,792
	U\\3o\\8		140	109	76	40	35	67	87	73	58
	Total		108,144	96,713	95,469	93,170	88,419	84,783	106,197	106,524	83,601
Mineral Production	Total		141,608	127,761	127,408	124,780	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴	(NA)¹⁴

Footnotes

¹ (X) - Not applicable.

² Quantities in millions.

³ Excluded from industrial minerals total.

⁴ Value of shipments, 1990, 1992, and 1993; value of production, 1994-96.

⁵ 1992-93, includes aplite

⁶ Refined only

⁷ Includes grindstones, oilstones, whetstones, and deburring media

⁸ 1990-92, talc only

⁹ Includes subbituminous and lignite.

¹⁰ Antimony content.

¹¹ Included with "Metals, undistributed."

¹² Included in "Industrial minerals, undistributed

¹³ Less than $500,000.

¹⁴ Not available.

¹⁵ Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company data.

¹⁶ Excludes abrasive stone, bituminous limestone and sandstone, and ground soapstone; 1993 excludes dimension stone

¹⁷ Included with "Metals, undistributed

Source

Nonfuels, through 1994, US Bureau of Mines,thereafter, US Geological Survey, Minerals Yearbook and and Mineral Commodities Summaries, annual; fuels, US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review

<http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/>

<http://www.eia.doe.gov>

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