Sand: 
 Structural 2,951 $2,565 $0.87 
 Paving 474 340 .72 
 Other sands ' 264 ' 909 ' 3.44 
 Total 3,689 
Gravel 2226 
 3,814 1.03 
 2371 21.64 
 2,852 $2,558 $0.90 
 493 341 .69 
 W W W 
 W W W 
 W W ~ 
W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
with "Total sand and gravel." 
' Includes glass, molding, blast, fill, and foundry sands. 
2 Includes gravel used for structural and paving purposes. 
3 Includes glass, molding, blast, engine, filtration, fill and other sands;
structural, paving, fill and other gravel. 
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The dry-ground mica was used principally in the paint, roofing, and rubber
industries. Ground mica production increased slightly in tonnage and decreased
25 percent in value. 
 
 Perlite.—Crude perlite shipped into the State was expanded and used
principally for building plaster, concrete aggregate, and horticultural applications.

 
 Sand and Gravel.—Sand and gravel ranked fourth in value in mineral

production; tonnage decreased 3 percent, but value increased slightly. Construction
sand output and value remained about the same as in 1966. 
 
 Twenty companies produced sand from 23 pits in 19 counties, and four companies
mined both sand and gravel in three counties. Of the 27 sand and gravel plants,
one produced more than 600,000 tons, six between 200,000 and 400,000 tons,
six between 100,000 and 200,000, and 14 less than 100,000. 
 
Table 8.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, by counties 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 1966 
County ——-———— Number Quantity of mines

 
 
 
 
1967 
-————_____________ 
Number Quantity of mines 
 
 
 
 
 
 
— Value 
 
 
Value 
Chatham                              
1 
 
15 
W 
 
1 W 
W 
Cook                                
1 
 
143 
W 
 
1 W 
W 
Crawford                             
 
1 
677 
W 
 
1 W 
W 
Dougherty                             
Effingham                             
Evans                                
2 
1 
1 
 
87 
174 
19 
W W $28 
 
2 W1 W1 19 
W W $28 
Glynn..                              
Greene                               
1 
1 
 
9 
130 
W 162 
 
1 W1 100 
W W 
Long                                 
Montgomery                           
Muscogee                             
Richmond                             
1 
1 
2 
1 
 
46 
34 
375 
114 
W 
25 
W 
W 
1 W 
1 20 
2 W 
1 W 
 
W 
20 
W 
W 
Telfair                               
Thomas                              
1 
1 
 
8 
197 
9 
W 
1 W1 W 
 
W W 
Ware                                
1 
 
29 
23 
1 W 
 
W 
White                               Undistributed 1                     
   
 
Total                           
1 
11 
 
 3 
1,855 
 4 
3,934 
10 3,648 
 
4,158 
 
29 
 
3,915 
4,185 
27 3,787 
 
4,206 
 W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual compnny confidential data; included
with "Undistributed." 
 ' Includes Bibb, De Kaib, Fulton, Rockdale (1967), Talbot, Taylor, Upson
(1966), and counties indicated by symbol W. 
 
Table 9.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, by uses 
 
(Thousand short tons and th 
ousand dollars) 
 
Use 
 
1966 
1967 
 
Quantity 
 Value Value 
Quantity 
Total Average Total Average 
 per ton per ton 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total sand and gravel 3,915 4,185 1.07 ' 3,787 ' 4,206 31.11