METALS 
 58 122 59,400 59,600 
 W 252 36,700 37,000 
 (2) 166 64 230 
 W 1,040 W 1,040 
 W 259 7,360 7,620 
 W 234 5,170 5,400 
 W 335 —— 335 1,650 4,700 10,620 17,000 
 7,110 119,000 128,000 
 —— W W 1,060 1,060 
 2 4 102 1,740 1,850 
 2 4 102 2,800 2,910 
STATE 
 7,210 122,000 131,000 
Alaska -- W 
Arkansas -- -- 
California W 2 
Colorado -— 1,540 
Idaho W W 
Kentucky 1 (2) 
Missouri -- -- 
Montana (2) W 
Nevada -- W 
NewMexico — — 35 
Oregon -- -- 
Utal~ W W 
Washington -— - - 
Wyoming -- -- 
Undistributed5 18 140 
 W 64 64 
 —— 8,080 8,080 
 180 10,900 11,100 
 4,700 W 6,240 
 94 1,200 1,300 
 3 —— 5 
 1,020 31 1,050 
 3 7,590 7,590 
 81 26,400 26,400 
 276 W 311 
 3 W 3 
 168 W 168 
  W (2) 
 W 5,160 5,160 
 685 62,800 63,600 
 ' Some quantities of this use are included with "Construction work
and other
uses" to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 
 2lncludes some quantities from "Coal mh g,"Metal mining,"
and "Quarrying
and industrial mineral mining." 
 Note—Data for 1980 are not comparable to data for prior years
owing
to change in reporting by the Institute of Makersof Explosives. 38 MINERALS
YEARBOOK, 1985 
 
Table 16.—Total material (ore and waste) produced by mine development
in the United 
States in 1984, by commodity and State 
(Thousand short tons) 
 Shaft d  Drifting, 
 winze Raising crosscutting, Stripping Total1 
 sinking tuni~ling 
 
COMMODITY 
Copper — — 
Gold: 
  Lode W 
  Placer (2) 
Lead —— 
Silver W 
Uranium -- 
Zinc W 
Other3 17 
 Total' 17 1,710 
 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
Talc, soapstone, pyrophyllite___________ 
Other4__________________________________________________________________________

 
Total'_____________________________________________________________________

 Grandtotal' 19 1,720 
 Total' 19 1,720 7,210 122,000 131,000 
 
 WWithheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other"
or "Undistributed." 
 ' Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
 2Less than 1/2 unit. 
 3lncludes bauxite, beryllium, iron ore, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, and
items indicated by symbol W. 
 4lncludes asbestos, barite, diatomite, fluorspar, mica (scrap), millstones,
perlite, pumice, salt, wollastonite, and items indicated by symbol W. 
 5lncludes Alabama, Arizona, illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and items indicated by
symbol W. 
 
 
 
 
Table 17.—U.S. industrial consumption of explosives 
(Thousand pounds) 
 Coal mining' 
Metal 
mining' 
Quarrying 
and 
industrial 
mmcmi 
mining' 
Total 
mineral 
industry 
Construction 
work and 
other 
~ 
Total 
industrial 
 1980 2,503,359 559,229 624,184 3,686,772 587,690 4,274,462 
 1981 2,249,262 695,449 493,771 3,438,482 902,567 4,341,049 
 1982... 2,269,565 530,384 423,353 3,223,302 687,189 3,910,491 
 1983 2,126,263 481,129 467,710 3,075,102 655,150 3,730,252 
 1984... 2,758,659 437,217 479,873 3,675,749 681,109 4,356,858