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EXERCISE 3.9

Mineral Resources in Your State (continued)

Name:

Course:

Section:

Date:

(b) What region of the United States supplies most of the metallic ores?

(c) Compare the value of all of the state’s non-fuel mineral resources with the values for gross state product (GSP)

shown in the following map. What percentage of your state’s GSP does mining provide? For which state is mining

the greatest contributor to GSP? The smallest?

WA

427,052

215,677

OR

2,311,616

132,064

NV

CA

57,080

AK

ID

63,952

141,410

UT

44,269

MT

44,190

WY

306,663

CO

284,156 92,959

AZ

NM

77,389

HI

55,136

ND

316,204

71,552 (NH) 55,838

29,613 (VT)

ME

MN

292,891

45,867

WI

NY

SD

1,404,518

MI

451,516

170,613

662,890

112,159

IA

317,840

PA

OH

NE

IN

745,875 583,261

IL

WV

147,075

75,337 463,613

KS

MO

KY

VA

284,462

188,602

483,126

TN

NC

183,501

121,329

300,064

OK

SC

AR

190,304

AL GA

MS

476,483

199,440

1,648,036

LA

104,851

TX

251,397

839,944

FL

Explanation

Value, in million dollars

29,613–199,440

215,677–476,483

483,126–745,875

839,944–2,311,616

459,937 (MA)

54,960 (RI)

253,036 (CT)

549,099 (NJ)

62,756 (DE)

348,631 (MD)

Gross state product (in millions of dollars).

(continued )

72 CHAPTER 3 MINERALS

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