645The Mineral Industry of Oklahoma 
 
This chapter has been prepared under a cooperative agreement between the
Bureau of Mines U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Oklahoma Geological
Survey for collecting information on all minerals except fuels. 
 
 
By Robert B. McDougal' and William E. Ham2 
 
 
 Mineral output in Oklahoma in 1967, valued at $1.03 billion, was the highest
in the State's history. The record value resulted primarily from increased
output of petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids and was coupled
with minor gains in copper, clays, gypsum, lime, stone, and 
tripoli. Cement and sand and gravel declined owing to a reduced volume of
construction; lead and zinc output dropped as a result of decline in market
prices. 
 
 1 Geologist, Bureau of Mines, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 
 2 Geologist, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma 
 
Table 1.—Mineral production in Oklahoma 1 
 
Mineral 
19 
 
Quantity 
66 
 
 Value 
(thousands) 
19 
 
Quantity 
67 
 
 Value 
(thousands) 
Clays 2 thousand short tonsCoal (bituminous) doGypsum doHelium, grade A thousand
cubic feet 
Lead (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons 
Natural gas million cubic feet 
Natural gas liquids: 
Natural gasoline and cycle products 
 thousand gallons~ 
 LP gases do 
Petroleum (crude) thousand 42-gallon barrels -Salt thousand short tons 
745 
843 
785 
352,400 
2,999 
1,351,225 
 
 
576,124 
986,254 
224,839 
W 
$754 
4,935 
2,212 
12,333 
907 
189,172 
 
 
35,715 
44,381 
654,281 
W 
744 
823 
804 
309,100 
2,727 
1,412,952 
 
 
568,905 
1,005,633 
230, 749 
10 
$869 
4,703 
2,266 
9,835 
764 
202,052 
 
 
35,846 
49,276 
676, 095 
76 
Sand and gravel do~. 
Stone     doZinc (recoverable content of ores, etc.) short tons~ 
Value of items that cannot be disclosed: Bentonite, cement, 
6,040 
15,334 
11,237 
7,565 
17,393 
3,259 
4,540 
16,355 
10,670 
5,280 
18,932 
2,954 
copper, lime, silver, tripoli, volcanic ash, and value indicated by symbol
W                        
 
Total                                     
Total 1957—59constant dollars                 
XX 
24,484 
XX 
23,178 
 
XX 
XX 
997,391 
' 970,453 
XX 
XX 
1,032,126 
P 994,159 
 W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
in "Value of items that cannot be disclosed." 
 P Preliminary. 
 Revised. 
XX Not applicable. 
 I Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers). 
 2 Excludes bentonite; included with "Value of items that cannot be disclosed."