Table 1.—Mineral production in New York 1 
Mineral 
 22 28 31 48 
 34,130 54,543 33,389 56,615 
 73,454 21,302 70,555 19,534 
 ' 121,482 XX 110,620 
Total XX ' 300,807 
Total 1957—59 constant dollars XX 284,347 
 ~'  Preliminary. ' Revised. NA Not available. XX Not applicable. 
 W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed." 
 1 Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers). 
 XX 299,318 
 xx ~ 281,098 
  579The Mineral Industry of New York 
 
This chapter has been prepared under a cooperative agreement between the
Bureau of 
Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the New York State Museum and
Science 
Service for collecting information on all minerals except fuels. 
 
 
By Robert G. Clarke1 
 
 
 Value of mineral production in New York declined slightly from the record
high of $301 million in 1966. Commodities declining substantially in output
and value were cement, iron ore, and zinc. There were substantial increases
in output and value for lime, petroleum, salt, and sand and gravel. The quantity
of stone decreased but its value increased over $2 million. Construction
activity increased significantly in highways, bridges, and related construction,
but decreased for buildings both residential and nonresidential. The State
continued to rank first nationally in production of garnet, talc, and wollastonite,
and to be 
a major producer of zinc, cement, gypsum, salt, sand and gravel, and stone.

 
 Trends and Developments.—Programs to study the State's water resources
continued to receive top priority, with special emphasis on water pollution
control. Water standard specifications for maximum pollutants were established
and accepted. The 
U. S. Geological Survey and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers continued studies
on water resources, drainage, and pollution abatement in estuaries, river
basins, and lake regions. 
 1 Mineral specialist, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 
 
 1966 1967 
 Quantity Value Quantity Value 
 (thousands) (thousands) 
 
Clays thousand short tons - 
Emery short tons - 
Gem stones                                      
Gypsum thousand short tons~ 
Lead (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons - 
Lime thousandshorttons. 
Naturalgas millioncubicfeet... 
Peat short tons 
Petroleum (crude) thousand 42-gallon barrels - 
Salt thousand short tons - 
Sand and gravel do~ 
Silver (recoverable content of ores, etc.) 
 thousand troy ounces - 
Stone  thousand short tons - 
Zinc (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons - 
Value of items that cannot be disclosed: Abrasive garnet, cement, iron ore,
talc, titanium concentrate, wollastonite 
 and data indicated by symbol W XX 
 1,464 $1,726 1,506 $1,814 
 11,102 210 W W 
 NA 10 NA 10 
 559 2,998 570 3,118 
 1,097 332 1,653 463 
 1,096 9,870 1,139 10,570 
 2,699 837 3,837 1,201 
 27,211 250 23,053 232 
 1,735 7,925 1,972 9,026 
 4,980 36,203 5,320 41,568 
 41,903 43,091 43,500 44,499