1966 
 
Use 
 
 
1967 
 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Value 
 
Short tons 
Total 
 
Average Short per 
tons 
Total 
 
Average 
per 
 
 
ton 
 
 
ten 
 2,331,909 $3,517,518 $1.50 
 200,826 385,441 1.91 
 967,262 1,450,702 1.49 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF GEORGIA 249 
 
Table 13.—.Crushed limestone sold or used by producers, by uses 
Concrete and roadstone 2,809,477 $4,097,420 $1.46 
Agstone 158,632 250,434 1.58 
Other uses '  1,144,782 1,617,204 1.41 
 Total 4,112,891 5,965,058 1.45 3,499,997 5,353,661 1.52 
 
 
' Includes cement, riprap, fluxing stone, and other uses. 
 
 Stone was produced at 79 quarries in 35 counties by 50 companies and one
government agency. Dimension granite was produced in four counties from 29
quarries by 24 companies. Crushed granite was produced in 19 counties from
24 quarries by 10 companies. Crushed limestone was produced from 12 quarries
in eight counties by 10 companies and one government agency. Crushed marble
and dimension marble were produced in Pickens County, and crushed marble
only was produced in Chattooga and Gilmer Counties. Crushed slate was mined
in Bartow and Polk Counties, quartzite in Richmond County, byproduct quartz
in Jasper County, crushed sandstone in Polk County, and dimension sandstone
in Pickens County. 
 
 Talc.—Georgia Talc Co., Murray County, the only producer, mined, crushed,
and ground talc principally for asphalt filler, insecticides, and roofing.
Production and value of both crude and ground talc increased. 
 
 Vermiculite.—W. R. Grace & Co. exfoliated vermiculite, shipped
into the State, at its Atlanta plant. Production and value were lower than
in 1966. 
 
METALS 
 
 Bauxite.—American Cyanamid Co., the only bauxite producer, continued
to mine and ship crude ore from its mines in Floyd and Sumter Counties to
its drying plant at Adairsville (Halls Station), Bartow County, and to other
consumers. 
 Iron Ore.—Brown iron ore shiprnent~ decreased 40 percent in tonnage
and 34 percent in value. Eighty-one percent of the output was mined in the
southern part of the State below the fall line, in Marion, Quitman, and Stewart
Counties. Eleven operations were active in this area, six fewer than in 1966.
Three companies, including one producing crude iron oxide pigments, operated
in Bartow County, and one in Polk County; both counties are in the northwestern
part of the State. Iron ore was shipped to steel plants in Birmingham and
Gadsden, Ala. Production of both crude iron oxide pigments and finished pigments
decreased in tonnage and ' value. 
 
 Rare-Earth Mincrals.—Monazite sand concentrate was obtained as a coproduct
at Humphreys Mining Co.'s plant near Folkston. 
 
 Titanium.—Humphreys Mining Co. continued to produce titanium concentrates
from its new operation northeast of Folkston in Charlton County. 
 
 Zirconium.—Zircon was recovered as a byproduct in the production of
titanium concentrate at the Humphreys Mining Co. plant near Folkston. 
 
MINERAL FUELS 
 
 Peat.—Humus and reed-sedge peat were produced in Lowndes County. Output
increased 37 percent over that of 1966.