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2-19. Non-Fuel Raw Material Production in South Carolina: 1994-1996 1/, 2/

                                                            1994                           1995                            1996 p
 MINERAL COMMODITY                                 Quality      Value (thou.)      Quality     Value (thou.)      Quality      Value (thou.)

Cement (Portland) Thousand Metric Tons 2,210 $143,000 2,210 $156,000 2,440 $172,000 Clays Thousand Metric Tons 1,520 3/ 30,400 3/ 1,620 21,700 3/ 1,690 21,700 Sand & Gravel: Construction Do. 8,600 26,100 8,880 29,000 9,590 33,100 Industrial Thousand Metric Tons 699 18,100 839 20,500 839 20,500 Stone (Crushed) Thousand Metric Tons 20,500 4/ 131,000 4/ 22,000 132,000 23,800 146,000 Cement (Masonary), Clays [Kaolin (1994)], gemstones, gold, manganiferous ore, mica (scrap), peat, silver, stone [crushed marble (1994-95) dimension (1993, 1995) XX 93,900 XX 88,700 XX 102,000 dimension granite (1994)], and vermiculite TOTAL XX $442,000 XX $447,000 XX $495,000
*: Estimated; XX: Not Applicable

1/: Production as measured by shipments, sales, or marketable production (incl. consumption by producers).

2/: Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

3/: Excludes certain clays; kind and value included with "Combined Value" data.

3/: Excludes certain stones; kind and value included with "Combined Value" data.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the S.C. Geological Survey, September 1997.

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