United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

722 Mining and Mineral Products
No. 1286. P r i n c i p a l F u e l s , N o n m e t a l s , a n d M e t a l s — U.S. P r o d u c t i o n a s P e r c e n t o f W o r l d
P r o d u c t i o n : 1 9 6 5 t o 1 9 8 0
WORLD PRODUCTION
PERCENT U.S. OF WORLD
MINERAL
U nit 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9
I 9 6 0 ,
prel.
1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9
1 9 8 0 ,
p rel.
F u e l * : 1
3.1 3 .3 3 .7 4.1 4 .2 1 7 1 8 1 8 1 9 2 0
B il. b b l................... 11.1 1 6 .7 1 9 .3 2 2 .9 2 1 .8 2 6 21 1 6 1 4 1 4
(NA) 3 7 .7 4 4 .7 5 2 .4 5 2 .8 6 5 5 8 4 3 3 8
N o n m e ta ls :
3.1 3 .9 4 .6 5 .4 5 .4 4 3 2 2 2
B a rite ....................................................................... M il. sh . to n .......... 3 .9 4 .3 5 .4 7 .6 8.1 2 2 2 0 2 5 2 7 2 8
F e ld s p a r................................................................. M il. sh . to n .......... 2 .2 2 .8 2 .9 3 .5 3 .5 3 2 2 6 2 3 21 2 0
F lu o rs p a r................................................................ M il. sh . to n .......... 3.1 4 .6 5 .0 5.1 5 .4 e 4 3 2 2
G y p s u m M il. sh . to n .......... 5 3 .0 5 6 .9 6 5 .3 8 9 .2 8 6 .3 1 9 17 1 5 1 6 1 4
2 1 8 1 8 0 2 5 0 2 7 2 2 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 4 4 9 4 6
N itro g e n , a g r ic u ltu r a l2.................................. M il. sh . to n .......... 1 8 .5 3 3 .4 4 6 .7 7 6 .9 7 8 .7 2 7 2 5 2 0 2 0 2 1
P h o s p h a te ro c k M il. sh . to n .......... 7 0 .3 9 3 .6 1 1 8 .6 1 4 6 .5 1 5 2 .5 3 4 41 41 3 9 3 9
P o ta s h (K aO e q u lv .)....................................... M il. sh . to n .......... 15.1 2 0 .0 2 7 .4 2 8 .3 3 0 .5 21 1 4 9 9 8
S u lfu r, e le m e n ta l............................................... M il. Ig. to n ............ 1 5 .3 2 2 .2 4 9 .9 5 3 .9 5 5 .7 4 8 3 9 2 2 2 2 21
M e ta ls , m in e b a s is :
B a u x ite . M il. Ig. to n ............ 3 6 .8 5 6 .9 7 4 .5 8 6 .4 8 7 .4 4 4 2 2 2
C o p p e r 2 M il. s h . to n .......... 5 .6 6 .6 7 .7 8 .5 8 .4 2 4 2 6 1 8 1 9 1 5
G o ld ....... M il. tro y o z .......... 4 6 .2 4 7 .5 3 8 .7 3 8 .8 3 9 .1 4 4 3 2 2
Iro n o r e ................................................................... M il. Ig. to n ............ 6 11 7 5 4 8 8 7 8 9 0 8 8 2 1 4 1 2 9 1 0 8
L e a d s. ..................................................................... M il. s h . to n .......... 3 .0 3 .7 3 .8 3 .7 3 .8 1 0 1 5 7 1 5 6
1 1
M e rc u ry ................................................................... 1 ,0 0 0 flask 4........ 2 7 6 2 8 4 2 5 2 1 7 5 2 0 4 7 1 0 3 1 7 1 5
M o ly b d e n u m 3 .................................................... M il. lb ...................... 1 1 5 181 1 7 7 2 2 9 2 4 2 6 7 61 6 0 6 3 6 2
N ic k e l *. 1 ,0 0 0 sh. t o n ..... 4 6 8 6 9 3 6 6 8 7 4 9 8 2 1 3 2 2 2 2
S ilv e r..., M il. tro y o z ........... 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 9 8 3 4 5 3 4 0 1 6 1 5 1 2 11 1 0
T ita n iu m c o n c e n tra te s :
llm e n ite 5 M il. s h . to n ........... 2 .7 4 .0 3 .2 3 .9 4 .0 3 6 2 3 2 2 1 6 1 4
M il. Ih .................... 7 1 .4 8 4 .3 1 0 7 .3 1 1 4 .1 1 3 1 3 7 6 5
U ra n iu m o x id e (U sO») 1 ,0 0 0 sh. t o n ...... 21 2 4 2 7 (NA) (NA) 4 9 5 3 4 3 (NA) (NA)
V a n a d iu m 3 ......, .............. 1 ,0 0 0 sh. to n ..... 9.1 1 9 .9 2 3 .2 3 7 .3 3 6 .3 5 8 2 6 2 0 1 5 1 3
Z i n c 2.................................. M il. sh . to n ......... 4 .7 6 .0 6 .4 6 .5 6 .4 1 3 9 7 5 5
M e ta ls , s m e lt e r b a s is :
7 0 1 0 .6 1 3 .4 16.1 1 7 .0 3 7 3 7 2 9 31 3 0
M il. lb .................... 26.1 3 6 .5 3 3 .9 4 1 .6 4 0 .0 2 7 2 6 1 3 1 0 9
6 1 6 .8 7 .7 8 .9 8.8 2 4 2 4 1 8 1 7 1 3
3 6 9 4 7 4 5 2 9 5 8 4 5 6 3 2 5 19 1 5 15 12
2 .9 3 .6 3 .6 5 .9 5 .7 1 4 1 8 1 7 2 6 2 4
M a g n e s iu m ......................................................... 1,000 sh. to n .... 1 7 8 2 4 2 2 5 8 3 3 9 3 5 0 4 6 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 8
5 0 7 6 5 5 7 1 3 821 7 8 7 2 6 20 1 6 1 7 1 4
• T in ............................................T............................. 1,000 m. ton 6... 200 2 2 7 2 2 8 2 4 9 2 5 0 2 (NA) 3 2 1
Z in c ...................... ................................................... M il. sh. Io n ......... 4 .4 5 .3 5 .5 6 .9 6 .7 2 3 16 8 8 6
N A N o t a v a ila b le . 'S o u rc e : B eg in n in g 1 9 7 5 , E n erg y In fo rm a tio n A d m in is tra tio n , International Energy Annual. S e e ta b le 1 2 9 2
r p ro d u c tio n by w o re g io n . 2 F o r y e a rs en d in g J u n e 3 0 . U .S . p ro d u c tio n in c lu d e s P u e rto R ic o . a C o n te n t o f o re a n d
fo rld
c o n c e n tra te . 47 6 -lb . fla s k s . E x c lu d e s S o viet U nio n . “ M e tric tons.
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S o u rc e : E x c e p t a s n o te d , U .S . B u re a u o f M in es, Minerals Yearbook, an n u al.
No. 1287. F e d e r a l S t r a t e g i c a n d C r i t i c a l M a t e r i a l s I n v e n t o r y : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[A s o f Dec. 31. C o v e rs s tra te g ic a n d critical m a te ria ls e s s e n tia l to m ilitary a n d in d u strial re q u ire m e n ts In tim e o f n a tio n a l
e m e rg e n c y . M a r k e t v a lu e s a re e s tim a te d cu rren t tra d e v a lu e s o f s im ila r m a te ria ls a n d n o t n e c e s s a rily a m o u n ts th a t w o u ld b e
re a liz e d a t tim e o f s a le ]
M I N E R A L
Q U A N T I T Y ‘
v a l u e (mil. dol.)
Unit 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 6 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1
T i n .......................................... 1,000 Ig. t o n.... 2 5 3 2 0 7 2 0 0 1 9 4 8 4 2 1,381 3 , 1 5 8 3 , 3 0 0
Silver........................................ 1,000 troy o z .... 1 6 5 , 0 0 0 1 3 9 , 5 0 0 1 3 9 , 5 0 0 1 3 7 , 5 0 6 2 9 7 5 5 6 2 , 2 8 8 1 , 0 9 7
C o b a l t ...................... ................. Mil. l b ........... 7 2 4 6 41 41 1 5 8 1 8 5 1 , 0 2 0 7 4 7
B auxite 2..................................... 1,000 Ig. t o n.... 16,797 1 4 , 3 3 2 14 , 3 3 3 1 4 , 3 3 3 2 8 6 3 5 0 5 6 3 6 6 6
3 , 4 8 5 4 5 1 5 2 2 5 4 0 5 4 1
T u n g s t e n 4.................................. Mil. l b ........... 8 2 7 5 6 2 61 2 7 2 4 1 4 5 3 3 4 7 1
Z i n c .... 1,000 sh. t o n.... 1,120 3 7 5 3 7 6 3 7 8 3 4 7 2 9 1 3 1 3 3 3 8
Titanium. 1,000 sh, t o n.... 2 4 2 7 21 21 6 0 1 4 5 3 0 1 3 2 8
Platinum. i.o o o troy o z .... 4 5 0 4 5 3 4 4 0 4 4 0 6 0 7 2 2 0 9 2 0 9
C h ro m iu m 5......................................................................... 1,000 ah. to n.... 7 6 0 7 6 0 7 6 3 7 6 3 3 9 2 8 1 5 7 4 7 7 6 2
D ia m o n d : S t o n e s ............... ............. Carat............ 5 , 2 3 0 , 0 0 0 , 2 2 4 , 7 4 7 2 9 8 1 6 8 3 4 9 3 9 9
2 2 0 1 9 1 7
In d u strial, b o r t .............................................................. Carat............ 42,611 3 3 , 5 7 7 2 3 , 6 9 3 2 3 , 6 9 3 101 7 0 7 3 5 3
‘ C o n s is ts o f s to c k p ile a n d n o n s to c k p ile g rad es a n d re fle c ts u n c o m m itte d b a la n c e s . 2C o n s is ts o f a b ra s iv e g ra d e , m e t. g ra d e
J a m a ic a , m e t. g ra d e S u rin a m , a n d re fra c to ry . “ C onsists o f c h e m ic a l g ra d e , d io xid e b a tte ry n a tu ra l, d io x id e c a tte r y s y n th e tic ,
e le c tro ly tic , fe rro -h ig h c a rb o n , fe rro -m e d . c a rb o n , ferro-silicon, a n d m e ta l. “ C o n sists o f c a rb id e p o w d e r, fe rro , m e ta l p o w d e r,
a n d o re s a n d c o n c e n tra te s . “ C o n s is ts o f ferro -h ig h c arb o n , fe rro -lo w c a rb o n , ferro -silico n , a n d m e ta l.
S o u rc e : U .S . G e n e ra l S e rv ic e s A d m in is tra tio n , S tatistical Supplement, Stockpile Report to the Congress ( O P - 4 ) .