Minerals Information
| Mine and Mineral Processing Plant Locations Maps | Commodity Grouping Maps and Data Layers | Data Documents | Production Value Figure | Cooperators |
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| The locations of 1,879 coal mines and facilities, 8 uranium mines, and 1,965 mines and processing plants for 74
types of nonfuel minerals and materials are shown with symbols on both a large multicolored lithologic map and
eight smaller maps. With the exception of certain commodities, such as gold, silver, gemstones, and coal, all mines
and plants are shown for which production was reported or estimated in 1997. These localities account for most of the
fuel and nonfuel minerals and materials produced in the United States in 1997, other than crushed stone, sand and gravel,
and common clay.
The poster-size map (Map I-2654) is available for purchase from the U.S. Geological Survey Map Distribution, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225.
Internet versions of the map and seven commodity grouping maps that contain data for nonfuel minerals
and materials are available below.
The information presented in the three data documents represents basic data about the 1,965 mines and
processing plants shown on the map. Included in each of the three documents is company name, site name, State,
county, commodity, and whether the location is a mine, processing plant, or both for each of the locations shown on
the map. The data documents contain the basic data arranged by commodity, State, and county. For locations where
multiple commodities are produced (for example, a mine that produces both gold and silver),
the commodities are listed alphabetically. The value figure shows estimates of the value of nonfuel minerals
produced in the United States in 1997. These estimates are presented in descending order by State.
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| COMMODITY GROUPING MAPS | SITES INCLUDED | NATIONAL ATLAS DATA LAYERS |
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| Agricultural minerals operations (PDF) |
Magnesite Magnesium Compounds Peat Phosphate Potash Sulfur Vermiculite |
Agricultural Minerals Operations |
| Coal Mines and Facilities (PDF)
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Coal Facility Coal Mine |
Not Available in the National Atlas |
| Construction Minerals Operations, Excluding Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel, and Common Clay (PDF) |
Ball Clay Cement Dimension Stone Gypsum Mica Perlite Pumice |
Construction Minerals Operations |
| Metals--Ore Processing Plants and Smelters or Refineries (PDF)
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Aluminum Beryllium Bismuth Cadmium Chromium Cobalt Columbium and (or) Tantalum Copper Gold Iron Ore Lead Magnesium Molybdenum Nickel Platinum Group Metals Rare Earths Rhenium Selenium Silicon Silver Tellurium Thorium Tin Titanium Metal Titanium Minerals Tungsten Vanadium Zinc Zircon |
Ferrous Metal Mines Ferrous Metal Processing Plants Nonferrous Metal Mines Nonferrous Metal Processing Plants |
| Miscellaneous Industrial Minerals Operations (PDF)
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Barite Boron Bromine Diatomite Fullers Earth Iodine Iron Oxide Kaolin Lime Lithium Rare Earths Salt Sodium Sulfate Strontium Thorium Titanium Minerals Titanium Pigment Trona and (or) Soda Ash |
Miscellaneous Industrial Minerals Operations |
| Nonprecious Metals Mines (PDF)
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Antimony Beryllium Cadmium Cobalt Copper Iron Ore Lead Magnesium Manganese Mercury Molybdenum Nickel Rare Earths Rhenium Titanium Minerals Zinc Zircon |
Ferrous Metal Mines Nonferrous Metal Mines |
| Precious Metals Mines (PDF) |
Gold Platinum Group Metals Silver |
Nonferrous Metal Mines |
| Refractory, Abrasive, and Other Industrial Minerals Operations (PDF)
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Asbestos Bentonite Feldspar Garnet Gemstones Industrial Sand and Gravel Kyanite Olivine Silica Synthetic Mullite Talc and Pyrophyllite Wollastonite Zeolite Zircon |
Refractory, Abrasive, and Other Industrial Minerals Operations |
| Value of nonfuel mineral production in the United States (PDF) |
| These maps were prepared in cooperation with the
National Mining Association (http://www.nma.org),
the Mine Safety and Health Administration (http://www.msha.gov),
and the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information
Administration (http://www.eia.doe.gov). Additional data for Alaska may be found at Alaska Resource Data Files (contact: Ric Wilson).
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