241The Mineral Industry of Georgia 
 
This chapter has been prepared under a cooperative agreement for the collection
of mjneral data, except mineral fuels, between the Bureau of Mines, U.S.
Department of the Interior, and the Geological Survey of Georgia. 
 
 
By Robert G. Hobbs1 and A. S. Furcron2 
 
 
Total value of mineral production in Georgia for 1967 increased 3.3 percent
over that of 1966, indicating a leveling off from the 9.1 percent of annual
expansion rates during 1962—66. Quantity increases were reported for
eight of the 15 mineral commodities produced, while total value increased
for 11. 
Nonmetallic minerals accounted for about 97 percent of the total production
value; metals and peat accounted for the balance. 
Georgia ranked first among the States in the production of kaolin, second
in fuller's earth, rare-earth concentrates, and scrap mica, third in bauxite
and kyanite, fourth in barite and ilmenite, and fifth in feldspar. 
Leading companies in the mineral industry of the State were American 
Industrial Clay Co. (kaolin), E~giehard Minerals & Chemicals Corp. (kaolin
and fuller's earth), Freeport Kaolin Co. (kaolin), Georgia Marble Co. (granite,
marble, and feldspar), J. M. Huber Corp. (kaolin), and Vulcan Materials Co.
(granite). 
 Economic expansion continued in all sectors of the State's economy. Personal
in. come expanded at a rate of 7.1 percent; per capita income increased,
moving the State in rank to 38th in the Nation. Gains were made in the number
of new business incorporations, construction activity increased, and increased
employment was prevalent in all areas except agriculture. 
 
 1 Mining engineer, Bureau of Mines, Knoxville, Tenn. 
 2 Director, Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, Atlanta, Ga.

 
 
Table l.—Mineral production in Georgia' 
Mineral 
, 
1966 
 
1967 
 
 
Quantity 
Value 
(thousands) 
Quantity 
Valus 
(thousands) 
Clays thousand short tons... 
5,128 
$73,685 
4,953 
$77,314 
Iron ore (usable)       thousand long tons, gross weight - 
Mica (scrap) short tons~ 
Sand and gravel thousand short tons. - 
447 
17,000 
3,915 
2,200 
380 
4,185 
267 
17,158 
3,787 
1,450 
291 
4, 206 
Stone do..~. 
Talc short tons.. 
Value of items that cannot be disclosed: Barite, bauxite, 
24,690 
41,000 
48,193 
255 
23,417 
46,150 
49,953 
292 
cement, feldspar, kyanite, peat, rare-earth metals concentrates, titanium
concentrate, and zirconium concentrate                                  
 
Total                                   Total 1957—59 constant dollars
                 
XX 
19,699 
XX 
19,952 
 
XX 
XX 
148,597 
' 142,054 
XX 
XX 
153,458 
P 146,048 
 P Preliminary. Revised. XX Not applicable. 
 ' Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers).