Respondents were asked to indicate those mineral commodities (listed on the questionnaire) that are currently being produced in the state. Responses are listed below by state:
Alabama:
Surface/Regulated: Bauxite and Alumina, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Ferroalloys, Gold, Iron Oxide Pigments, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Talc and Pyrophyllite, and Topsoil.
Surface/Regulated Minor Metals: Magnetite.
Surface/Regulated Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Chert, Gypsum, Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Shell, and Stone (Dimension).
Underground/Non-Regulated: Limestone and Dolomite.
Arkansas:
Surface/Regulated: Bauxite and Alumina, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Gem Stones, Gypsum, Phosphate Rock, Sand and Gravel, Shale, Vermiculite, Quartz Crystal, Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Topsoil.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Limestone and Dolomite, and Sand-Silica.
Arizona:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Copper, Diatomite, Gem Stones, Gypsum, Lime, Molybdenum (By-Product), Perlite, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Silver (By-Product), Stone (Crushed), and Stone (Dimension).
Surface/Regulated Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite and Zeolites.
Underground/Regulated: Copper, Gold, Iron Oxide Pigments, Lead (Galena), Mercury (Production is Insignificant), Molybdenum (By-Product), Silver (By-Product), Uranium (Stand By), and Zinc (Sphalerite) (By-Product).
California:
Surface/Regulated: Boron (Solution), Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Diatomite, Feldspar, Mephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gem Stones, Gold, Gypsum, Iron Ore, Lithium (Solution), Peat, Perlite, Rare-Earth Minerals and Metals, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Shell, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Talc and Pyrophyllite, and Tungsten.
Surface/Regulated Minor Non-Metals: Zeolites and Wollastonite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Lime, Limestone and Dolomite.
Underground/Regulated: Gold.
Colorado:
(Note: Some commodities listed may not be produced at this time, but would be regulated if they were.)
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Aluminum, Asbestos, Barite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Bromide (Bromine), Cadmium, Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Cement (National), Chromium, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Cobalt, Copper, Diatomite, Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Fluorspar, Gallium, Gem Stones, Gold Graphite, Gypsum, Iron Ore, Kyanite and Related Materials, Lead (Galena), Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Lithium, Magnesium, Magnesium Compounds, Manganese, Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica), Molybdenum, Nickel, Nitrogen, Oil Shale, Peat, Perlite, Phosphate Rock, Platinum-Grown Materials, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Rare-Earth Minerals and Metals, Phenium, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silicon, Silver, Solium Compounds, Sodium, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Sulfur and Pyrites, Tar Sands, Tack and Pyrophyllite, Thorium, Titanium, Topsoil, Tungsten, Uranium, Vanadium, Vermiculite, Zinc (Sphalerite), Zirconium and Hafnium.
Surface/Regulated Minor Metals: Arsenic, Cesium and Robidium, Germanium, Thallium, Indium, Magnetite, Selenium, and Tellurium.
Surface/Regulated Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite, Iodine, Zeolites, Quartz Crystal, Strontium, and Wollastonite.
Underground/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Aluminum, Asbestos, Barite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron, Bromide (Bromine), Cadmium, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Copper, Diatomite, Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Fluorspar, Gallium, Gem Stones, Gold, Graphite, Gypsum, Iron Ore, Kyanite and Related Materials, Lead (Galena), Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Lithium, Magnesium, Magnesium Compounds, Manganese, Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica), Molybdenum, Nickel, Nitrogen, Oil Shale, Peat, Perlite, Phosphate Rock, Platinum-Grown Materials, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Rare-Earth Minerals and Metals, Phenium, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silicon, Silver, Solium Compounds, Sodium, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Sulfur and Pyrites, Tar Sands Talc and Pyrophyllite, Thorium, Titanium, Topsoil, Tungsten, Uranium, Vanadium, Vermiculite, Zinc (Sphalerite), Zirconium and Hafnium.
Underground/Regulated Minor Metals: Arsenic, Cesium and Robidium, Germanium, Thallium, Indium, Magnetite, Selenium, and Tellurium.
Underground/Regulated Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite, Iodine, Zeolites, Quartz Crystal, Strontium, and Wollastonite.
Connecticut:
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Gem Stones, Marble, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Georgia:
Surface/Regulated: Bauxite and Alumina, Beryllium, Cement, Chert, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gold, Iron Oxide Pigments, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica), Peat, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Talc and Pyrophyllite, and Topsoil.
Illinois:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, and Shale.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Peat, Sand and Gravel, and Sand - Silica.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Limestone and Dolomite.
Indiana:
Surface/Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth) and Shale.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Gypsum, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Iowa:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Gypsum, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Surface/Non-Regulated: Peat and Topsoil.
Underground/Regulated: Cement, Gypsum, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Kansas:
Surface/Regulated: Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Graphite, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Vermiculite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Salt.
Underground/Regulated: Helium and Salt.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, and Fuller's Earth), Gypsum, Sand and Gravel, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), and Vermiculite.
Kentucky:
Surface/Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Sand and Gravel, Shale, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Underground/Regulated: Lime.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Sand and Gravel, Shale, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Louisiana:
Surface/Regulated: Lignite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Chromium, Gem Stones, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Shell, Stone (Crushed), Sulfur and Pyrites.
Underground/Regulated: Salt, Sulfur and Pyrites.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Shell and Stone (Crushed).
Maine:
Surface/Regulated: Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), and Topsoil.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Gem Stones, Graphite (Synthetic) and Perlite.
Maryland:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Chert, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), and Topsoil.
Mississippi:
Surface/Regulated: Chert, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Chert, Sand and Gravel, and Sand (Silica).
Missouri:
Surface/Regulated: Barite, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Gem Stones and Lime.
Underground/Regulated: Copper, Iron Ore, Lead (Galena), Silver and Zinc (Sphalerite).
Nevada:
Surface/Regulated: Barite, Cement, Chert, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Copper, Diatomite, Gem Stones, Gold, Gypsum, Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Lithium, Magnesium Compounds, Mercury, Perlite, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Silver, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension), Sulfur and Pyrites.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite, Zeolites, Quartz Crystal.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Topsoil.
Underground/Regulated: Gold, Mercury, Perlite, Silver.
New Jersey:
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Iron and Steel, Iron and Steel Scrap, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Slag - Iron and Steel and Stone (Crushed).
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Greensand.
New Mexico:
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Copper, Gold, Gypsum, Iron Ore, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica), Molybdenum, Perlite, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Salt, Sand - Silica, Silver, Stone (Dimension), Tin, Uranium, and Vanadium.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Zeolites and Quartz Crystal.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Potash, Sand and Gravel, and Stone (Crushed).
Underground/Regulated: Copper, Gold, Potash, Salt, Silicon, Silver, Uranium, and Vanadium.
Underground/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Quartz Crystal.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Silver and Stone (Dimension), Tin.
Underground/Non-Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Zeolites.
New York:
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Topsoil.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Metals: Magnetite.
Underground/Regulated: Gypsum, Lead (Galena), Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Salt, Talc and Pyrophyllite, and Zinc (Sphalerite).
Underground/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Wollastonite.
North Carolina:
Surface/Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gem Stones, Gypsum, Kyanite and Related Materials, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Lithium, Peat, Phosphate Rock, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Talc Pyrophyllite and Topsoil.
North Dakota:
Surface/Non-Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Sand and Gravel, Scoria and Stone (Crushed).
Ohio:
Surface/Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Gypsum, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Topsoil.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Cement, Lightweight Aggregate, Peat and Salt.
Oklahoma:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Gypsum, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite and Iodine.
Oregon:
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Diatomite, Gem Stones, Gold (Placer), Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Perlite, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Topsoil.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Asphalt-Native and Zeolites.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Gem Stones.
Pennsylvania:
Surface/Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Coke and Coke Breeze, Iron and Steel, Iron and Steel Scrap, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Magnesium, Magnesium Compounds, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silicon, Slag-Iron and Steel, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Topsoil.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Gem Stones, Peat.
Underground/Regulated: Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Limestone and Dolomite.
South Carolina:
Surface/Regulated: Asbestos, Barite, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Cobalt, Copper, Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gold, Iron Ore, Lead (Galena), Limestone and Dolomite, Manganese, Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica), Nickel, Peat, Phosphate Rock, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silver, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Talc and Pyrophyllite, Tin, Titanium, and Vermiculite.
South Dakota:
Surface/Regulated: Beryllium (Pegmatite), Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Columbium and Tantalum (Pegmatite), Feldspar Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite (Pegmatites), Gem Stones (Rose Quartz), Gold, Gypsum, Iron Ore, Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Lithium (Pegmatite), Mica Serecite (Scrap Mica)(Pegmatite), Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silver, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension). The following have been produced historically, but non actively mined today: Tin (Pegmatites), Tungsten and Uranium.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale and Silver.
Tennessee:
Surface/Regulated: Barite, Chert, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Dimention), Titanium.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Topsoil, Zinc (Sphalerite).
Underground/Regulated: Limestone and Dolomite.
Texas:
Surface/Regulated: Lignite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Abrasive Materials, Barite, Cadmium, Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Cement, Clays (Kaolite, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Copper, Diatomite, Ferroalloys, Gallium, Gem Stones, Gold, Graphite, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Titanium.
Surface/Non-Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Asphalt-Native, Bentonite and Zeolites.
Underground/Regulated: Salt.
Underground/Non-Regulated: Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension) and Titanium.
Underground/Non-Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Asphalt-Native, Bentonite and Zeolites.
Virginia:
Surface/Regulated: Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gold, Iron Oxide Pigments, Kyanite and Related Materials, Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Titanium and Vermiculite.
Surface/Non-Regulated: Topsoil.
Underground/Regulated: Gem Stones, Gypsum, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite.
Washington:
Surface/Regulated: Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Cement, Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Diatomite, Feldspar, Nephaline Syenite, and Aplite, Gem Stones, Gold, Lead (Galena), Lime, Magnesium, Pumice and Volcanic Cinder, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silicon, Silver, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Topsoil and Zinc (Sphalerite).
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite, Zeolites and Quartz Crystal.
West Virginia:
Surface/Regulated: Clays (Kaolin, Common Clay, Fuller's Earth), Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Wisconsin:
Surface/Regulated: Copper, Gold and Silver.
Surface/Non-Regulated: (Limited regulation--dependent on location, nature and size of the operation: Abrasive Materials, Cement, Lightweight Aggregate, Limestone and Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Stone (Crushed) and Stone (Dimension).
Wyoming:
Surface/Regulated: Calcium and Calcium Compounds, Chromium, Diatomite, Gem Stones, Gold, Gypsum, Lightweight Aggregate, Lime, Limestone and Dolomite, Rare-Earth Minerals and Metals, Sand and Gravel, Sand - Silica, Shale, Silver, Stone (Crushed), Stone (Dimension), Topsoil and Uranium.
Surface/Regulated/Minor Non-Metals: Bentonite and Zeolites.
Underground/Regulated: Gold and Silver.
