Mineral Production, by Type of Mineral statistics



Mineral	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


FUEL MINERALS

Coal, total	Mil. sh. tons	1,029.1	996.0	997.5	945.4	1,033.5	1,033.0	1,056.7	1,089.9	1,117.5	1,099.1
Bituminous	Mil. sh. tons	693.2	650.7	651.9	576.7	640.3	613.8	630.7	653.8	631.7	621.3
Subbituminous	Mil. sh. tons	244.3	255.3	252.1	274.9	300.5	328.0	340.3	345.1	394.8	388.3
Lignite	Mil. sh. tons	88.1	86.5	90.1	89.5	88.1	86.5	88.1	86.3	85.8	84.4
Anthracite	Mil. sh. tons	3.5	3.4	3.5	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.7	5.3	5.2

Natural gas (marketed production)	Tril. cu. ft.	18.59	18.53	18.71	18.98	19.67	19.51	19.75	19.87	19.65	19.67
Petroleum (crude)	Mil. bbl. ¹	2,686	2,708	2,617	2,500	2,420	2,394	2,360	2354.98	2,281	2,164
Uranium (recoverable content)	Mil. lb.	8.9	8.0	5.7	3.1	3.4	6.0	6.3	5.64	4.71	4.71

NONFUEL MINERALS

Asbestos (sales)	1,000 metric tons	(D)	20	16	14	10	9	10	7	6	6
Asphalt and related bitumens (native) ³	Mil. metric tons	25	26	25	27	(³)	(³)	(³)	(³)	(³)	(³)
Barite, primary, sold/used by producers	1,000 metric tons	430	448	326	315	583	543	662	692	476	375
Boron minerals, sold or used by producers	1,000 metric tons	1,090	1,240	1,010	1,060	1,110	1,190	1,150	1,190	1,170	(NA)
Bromine, sold or used by producers	1,000 metric tons	177	170	171	177	195	218	227	247	230	231

Cement:
Portland	Mil. metric tons	67	64	67	71	74	73	76	79	80	82
Masonry	Mil. metric tons	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Clays	1,000 metric tons	42,900	41,000	40,200	40,700	42,000	43,100	43,100	41,800	41,600	42,200
Diatomite	1,000 metric tons	631	610	595	599	646	722	729	773	725	720
Feldspar ⁴	1,000 metric tons	630	580	725	770	765	880	890	900	820	900
Fluorspar, finished shipments	1,000 metric tons	64	58	51	60	49	51	8	0	0	0
Garnet (abrasive)	1,000 metric tons	47	51	54	44	51	53	68	71	(NA)	(NA)
Gypsum, crude	Mil. metric tons	15	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	19

Helium ⁵	Mil. cu. meters	85	88	94	96	100	101	103	116	112	118
Lime, sold or used by producers	Mil. metric tons	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	20	20	21
Mica, scrap/flake, sold/used by producers	1,000 metric tons	109	103	85	88	109	108	97	91	87	94
Peat, sales by producers	1,000 metric tons	721	703	652	612	552	660	640	753	785	775
Perlite, processed, sold or used	1,000 metric tons	576	514	541	569	644	700	684	695	685	726
Phosphate rock (marketable)	Mil. metric tons	46	48	47	36	41	44	45	46	44	42
Potash (K^">^\2O equivalent) sales	1,000 metric tons	1,710	1,710	1,707	1,480	1,470	1,480	1,390	1,400	1,300	1,300
Pumice & pumicite, producer sales	1,000 metric tons	443	401	481	469	490	529	612	577	583	617
Salt, common, sold/used by producers	Mil. metric tons	37	36	35	38	40	41	43	41	41	41
Sand & gravel, sold/used by producer	Mil. metric tons	855	731	858	895	918	935	942	989	1,108	1,108
Construction	Mil. metric tons	829	708	834	869	891	907	914	961	1,080	1,080
Industrial	Mil. metric tons	26	23	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	28
Silica ²	Metric tons	3,710	2,210	1,730	528	873	979	1,290	700	(NA)	(NA)
Sodium carbonate (natural) (soda ash)	1,000 metric tons	9,100	9,010	9,380	8,960	9,320	10,100	10,200	10,700	10,100	10,100
Sodium sulfate (natural)	1,000 metric tons	349	354	337	327	298	327	306	318	(D)	(D)
Stone ⁶	Mil. metric tons	1,110	998	1,055	1,117	1,230	2,420	1,300	2,600	2,630	2,600
Crushed and broken	Mil. metric tons	1,110	997	1,050	1,120	1,230	1,260	1,300	1,410	1,510	1,560
Dimension.⁷	1,000 metric tons	1,120	1,160	1,140	1,280	1,190	1,160	1,150	1,180	1,120	1,040
Sulfur: Total shipments	1,000 metric tons	11,500	11,100	11,000	10,500	11,700	12,100	11,800	11,900	12,100	10,900
Sulfur: Frasch mines (shipments)	1,000 metric tons	3,680	3,120	2,600	1,480	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Talc, and pyrophyllite, crude	1,000 metric tons	1,270	1,040	997	968	935	1,060	994	1,050	971	954
Vermiculite concentrate	1,000 metric tons	209	180	190	190	177	171	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)

METALS

Antimony ore and concentrate	Metric tons	(D)	(D)	360	266	215	262	242	356	242	480
Aluminum	1,000 metric tons				3,695	3,299	3,375	3,577	3,603	3,713	3,800
Bauxite (dried)	1,000 metric tons	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Copper (recoverable content)	1,000 metric tons	1,590	1,630	1,760	1,800	1,850	1,850	1,920	1,940	1,860	1,660
Gold (recoverable content)	Metric tons	294	294	330	331	327	317	318	367	366	340
Iron ore (gross weight) ⁸	Mil. metric tons	57	57	56	56	58	61	62	63	63	56
Lead (recoverable content)	1,000 metric tons	484	466	397	355	363	394	436	459	493	520
Magnesium metal	1,000 metric tons	139	131	137	132	128	142	133	125	106	(D)
Manganiferous ore (gross weight) ⁹	1,000 metric ton	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Mercury..¹⁰	Metric tons	562	58	64	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Molybdenum (concentrate)	1,000 metric tons	62	53	50	37	47	61	55	61	53	44

Nickel	1,000 metric tons	0	6	7	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
Palladium metal	Kilograms	5,930	5,200	5,440	6,780	6,440	5,260	6,100	8,430	10,600	10,200
Platinum metal	Kilograms	1,810	1,500	1,650	2,050	1,960	1,590	1,840	2,610	3,240	3,200
Silicon (silicon content)	1,000 metric tons of silicon content	418	363	370	367	390	396	412	430	429	425
Silver (recoverable content)	Metric tons	2,120	1,860	1,800	1,640	1,490	1,560	1,570	2,180	2,060	1,860
Titanium concentrate: Ilmenite (gross weight)	1,000 metric tons	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Tungsten ore and concentrate ¹¹	Metric tons	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Vanadium (recoverable content)	Metric tons	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Zinc (recoverable content)	1,000 metric tons	515	518	523	488	570	614	600	605	722	775

D Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company data. NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Less than half the unit of measure.
1 42 gal. bbl.
2 Includes grindstones, oilstones, whetstones, and deburring media. Excludes grinding pebbles, and tubemill liners.
3 Contains bituminous limestone and sandstone, and gilsonite. Includes road oil, 1989-93. Discontinued.
4 Includes aplite, 1992-97.
5 Refined.
6 Excludes abrasive stone, bituminous limestone and sandstone, and ground soapstone, all included elsewhere in table; 1993 excludes dimension stone. Includes calcareous marl and slate.
7 Includes Puerto Rico, 1990-96.
8 Represents shipments; includes byproduct ores.
9 5 to 35 percent manganiferous ore.
10 Production from mercury ore only. 1986-89; mercury recovered as a by products of gold ores only, 1990-97.
11 Content of ore and concentrate. Source: Nonfuels, through 1994, U.S. Bureau of Mines,thereafter, U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Yearbook and Mineral Commodity Summaries, annual; fuels, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review.

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