United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

7 3 4 Mining and Mineral Products
No. 1314. Ir o n O r e— S u m m a r y : i9 6 0 t o 1981
[In millions of long tons, except as Indicated. Excludes Alaska. Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, except for imports and exports. See
also H is to rie s ! S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, series M 205-211]
ITEM I960 1965 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1681
247 54 51 49 37 32
Production I ...................................................... 86.8 87.4 89.8 84.4 78.9 80.0 55.8 81.6 85.7 69.6 73.2
Lake Superior.................................................. 71.8 66.4 69.6 70.7 66.7 67.4 44.0 72.7 77.2 62.3 67.5
Northeastern................................................... 4.1 5.2 3.5 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.0 1 .
Western ............................ 4.6 *13.1 14.3 10.5 9.6 10.1 9.6
Hematite 3 2468.1 47.0 33.6 24.1 19.2 19.3 11.5 15.9 13.9 11.8 10.6
Magnetite8..................................................... 18.2 36.9 53.8 58.B 68.4 59.3 43.1 64.B 71.0 57.8 62.6
Other.............................................................. 2.4 3.5 2.4 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 .8 .8 - -
Shipments8......................................................... 83.0 84.1 87.2 85.1 75.7 77.1 54.1 83.2 86.2 69.6 L 72.2
Value “(mil. dot.)............................................. 724 801 942 1,391 1,621 1,871 1,423 2,401 2,814 2,544 2,915
Average per ton at mine (dol.)......................... 8.73 9.53 10.60 16.34 21.41 24.28 26.32 2Q.86 32,84 36.56 40.39
12.3 12.7 15.3 9.4 12.3 14.0 14.8 12.4 11.3 11.7 12.7
Price (Lake Superior ores) Dec. 31:
Natural ores, basis 51.5% Fe (dol./lg. ton)...._ 11.45 10.65 10.80 17.28 18.50 20.26 21.18 22.30 24,56 28.50 32.53
Imports ........................................................... . 34.6 45.1 44.9 48.0 46.7 44.4 37.9 33.6 33.8 25.1 26.3
Canada--------- 10.6 23.8 23.9 19.7 19.1 25.0 25.3 19.2 22.6 17.3 18.6
Venezuela.......... 14.6 12.3 13.0 15.4 13.1 9.0 6.2 6.1 4.6 3.6 5.1
8razll ..... ......................... ....................... 1.5 2.3 2.0 6.6 7 JS 5.4
Value (mil. dol.) 322 444 480 696 860 960
2.2
957
4.0
845
3.1
923
2.0
773
1.7
946
Exports.______ 5.3 7.1 5.5 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.1 4.2 5.1
Value (mil. dot.) 56 60 68 35 60 62 63 137 179
5.7
231
5.5
245
World production (est.)........................................ 514 611 754 879 902 685 828 834 890 662 847
- Represents zero. 1Includes Southeastern district and byproduct ore, not shown separately. 2 Includes undistributed.
3 Predominant mineral. * Includes brown ore from Tenn., Mo„ and Tex.; also magnetite from Calif., Utah, and Wyo.
5 Beginning 1976, includes byproduct ore. 6 For consumption. Includes countries not shown separately.
Source; U.S. Bureau of Mines, M in e ra ls Y e a rbo o k .
No. 1315. G o ld and S ilv e r — Sum m ary: i960 t o 1981
[See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series M 268-269, for mine production]
ITEM
Unit 1960 1965 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 T961»
prel.
GOLD
O re p ro d u c e d 1................
Production, U.S..........
V a lu e ..............................
World production........
Industrial consumption
U.S., net.................
imports *....................
Canada..................
Soviet Union...........
South Africa...........
E x p o r ts ..................................
Price per fine oz.3.......
Production: *
Nevada____ ,____
South Dakota,.........
Utah.......................
1,000 sh. ton.... 2,267 3,113 3,687 4,598 5,722 3,063 5,806 4,292 7,046 9,893 10,451
1.7 17 U 1.0
MU. dol........... 56 60 63 180 170 131 163 193 297 594 633
MIL fine oz....... 37.8 46.2 47.5 40.1 36.5 39.0 38.9 39.0 38.8 39.1 40.8
Mil. troy oz....... 3.0 5.3 6.0 4.7 4.0 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.8 3.2 2.8
Mil. dol........... 335 102 237 397 457 331 674 903 1,480 2,750 2,157
Mil. dot 184 2 152 143 182 200 256 339 565 1,234 1,314
MH. dot - - ~ 83 1 11 220 287 549 86 22
Mlf. dot........... w (Z) (Z) 1 6 1 2 1 3 33 188
Mil. dol 2 1,285 38 228 493 375 1,113 1,114 4,906 3,648 3.072
Dollars 35.0 35.0 36.4 159.7 161.5 125.3 148.3 193.6 307.5 612.6 459.6
1,000 fine oz.... 66 6205 480 299 333 266 324 261 250 278 S 2S
1,000 tine oz.... 551 “656 579 344 305 319 305 286 246 268 278
1,000 fine oz.... 314 “389 408 255 190 187 211 236 261 160 228
SILVER
Ore produced1 .....
Production, U.S..........
Value...................
World production.......
Industrial consumption
U.S., net7...............
Imports 8....................
Canada................
Mexico....................
Peru.......................
Exports......................
Price per tine oz.*........
Production:4
Idaho......................
Arizona.....................
Utah.......................
Colorado.................
1,000 sh. ton.... 968 958 934 758 919 1,621 1,457 1,840 1,822 2,936 5,571
Mil. fine oz...... 31 40 46 34 35 34 36 39 36 32 41
Mil. dol........... 28 51 60 169 154 149 176 213 420 887 428
Mil. fine oz...... 241 257 301 292 303 316 331 345 345 340 365
MK. fine oz...... 102 137 128 176 158 171 154 160 157 125 117
Mil. dol........... 54 63 104 624 394 378 356 389 962 1,606 1,028
Mil. dol........... 20 26 64 167 160 173 166 180 277 660 375
Mil. dol........... 10 8 9 179 96 80 93 94 257 262 226
Mil. dol........... 11 13 19 72 78 48 66 85 168 354 273
Mil. dol........... 27 51 49 82 148 61 85 119 471 1,910 332
Dollars............ .91 1.29 1.77 4.71 4.42 4.35 4.62 5.40 11.09 20.63 10.52
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Mil. fine oz...__ 5.3 6.1 7.3 6.4 6.3 7.6 6.8 6.6 7.5 6.3 8.1
MU. fine oz...... 5.1 5.2 6.0 3.2 2.8 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.9
Mil. fine oz...... 2.1 2.0 2.9 2.8 3.4 4.1 4.7 4.2 2.8 3.0 3.0
- Represents zero. 2 Less than one-half million dollars. 'Gold and silver are also produced from base-mete/ ores and
placers. In 1976, those sources accounted for 38 percent of gold produced and 65 percent of silver. “General imports, 1960-
1977; Imports for consumption, beginning 1978. ^Selling price, except New York price for silver, beginning 1965, ‘ Source:
1960-1965, U.S. Bureau of the Mint, A n n u a l R e p o rt o f th e D ire c to r. “Refinery production. “includes gold-silver ore.
’ Excludes coinage. “General imports, 1960-1976; thereafter, imports for consumption.
Source: Except as noted, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook.