Table 1.—Mineral production in Arizona1 
Mineral 
Clays 2 thousand short tons_ - 
Coal (bituminous) do - - - 
Copper (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons - 
Diatomite do__ - - 
Fluorspar do - - - 
Gem stones                                        
Gold (recoverable content of ores, etc.) troy ounces.. - 
Gypsum thousand short tons - 
Helium thousand cubic feet.. - 
Lead (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons.. - 
Lime thousand short tons - 
Mercury 76-pound fiasks - 
Molybdenum (content of concentrate) thousand pounds - 
Natural gas (marketed) million cubic feet_ - 
Petroleum (crude) thousand 42-gallon barrels_ - 
Pumice thousand short tons - 
Sand and gravel do - - - 
Silver (recoverable content of ores, etc.)_thousand troy ounces__ 
Stone thousand short tons - 
Tungsten concentrate (60-percent W02 basis)    short tons_ - 
Uranium 4 (recoverable content UsOs) thousand pounds - 
Vanadium short tons - 
Zinc (recoverable content of ores, etc.) do - -- 
Value of items that cannot be disclosed: Asbestos, cement, clay (bentonite),
feldspar, iron ore, mica (scrap), perlite, pyrites, vermiculite (1967), and
values indicated by symbol W     
 89 $121 67 
1 
 739,569 535,004 501,741 
 1,353 36 W 
10,000 
 NA 120 NA 
 142,528 4,988 80,844 
 75 394 W 
 63,500 2,222 73,800 
 5,211 1,575 4,771 
 218 3,721 186 
 363 160 W 
 10,161 17,812 9,261 
 3,161 436 1,255 
 132 370 2,924 
 1,103 1,674 1,064 
 18,730 20,448 16,580 
 6,339 8,196 4,588 
 2,271 4,091 1,910 
 2 5 W 
 437 3,492 83 
 W 453 W 
 15,985 4,636 14,330 
XX ' 12,125 
XX ' 622,079 XX 463,863 
XX ' 509,867 XX 370,189 
  91The Mineral Industry of Arizona 
This chapter was prepared under a cooperative agreement between the Bureau
of Mines, US. Department of the Interior, and the Arizona Bureau of Mines
for collecting information on all minerals except fuels. 
 
 
By Leonard P. Larson1 and William C. .Henkes2 
 
 
 The 25-percent decline in value of mineral production in Arizona, to $463.9
million, was directly attributable to the copper strike, which began July
15 and continued to yearend. High rates of production during the first half
of the year and continued operations during the strike at five of the State's
major copper mines limited the decline. 
 Mineral production centered on the metals group, which represented 90 percent
of the total value of mineral output. Accounting for 83 percent of the total
value of mineral output and 92 percent of the value of metals, copper was
the 
 
 1 Mining engineer, Bureau of Mines, Denver, Cob. 
 2 Petroleum engineer, Bureau of Mines, Denver, Cob. 
 
 
Total                                      Total 1957-59 constant dollars
                   
 1966 1967 
Quantity Value Quantity Value 
 (thousands) (thousands) 
 $37 
 5 
 383,591 
 W 
 280 
 150 
 2,830 
 
W 
 2,066 
 1,336 
 3,142 
 
W 
   15,385 
 
193 
 8,188 
 904 
   17,017 
 7,112 
 3,491 
 W 
 666 
 W 
 3,967 
 XX 13,503 
 
 ' Revised. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company
confidential data; included with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed."
XX Not applicable. 
 1 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers). 
 2Excludes bentonite; included with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed."

 Bureau of Mines estimate from noncompany sources. 
 4 Method of reporting changed from short tons of ore and f.o.b. mine value
(ABC Circular 5, Revised price schedule) to recoverable pounds of uranium
oxide and f.o.b. mill value.