82 MINERALS YEARBOOK 1985 
 
Table 5 —Nonfuel mineral production1 in the United States by State
—Continued 
 1983 1984 1985 
 Mineral . Value . Value Value 
Quantity' (thousands) Quantity (thousands) Quantity (thousands) 
 
 
OREGON 
 Clays          thousand short tons-  188 $275 189 $288 188 $285 
 Gemstones ~NA 600 NA 400 NA 350 
Gold (recoverable content of ores, etc.) 
 troyounces.._ 322 137 W W W W 
 Nickel(content of ores and concentrates) 
 short tons - - - - - 14,540 W 6,127 
 Sand and gravel (construction) 
 thousand short tons.  e11,0® e37,04yJ 12,776 37,117 e125(y,) e3680()

Silver(recoverable content of ores, etc.) 
 thousand troy ounces-  1 10 W W - — —— 
 Stone(crushed) — — — thousand short tons—
—
13,089 39,873 e12,500 e37,5® 15,336 ,      54,244' 
 Talc and soapstone            do.. — —  (3) 123 (3)
66 (3) 30

 Combined value of cement, copper (1983), 
  diatomite, lead (1983), lime, pumice, sand 
  andgravel (industrial, 1983), stone (dimen 
  sion, 1983 and 1985), and values indicated 
  bysymbolW XX 32,922 XX 45,031 XX 38,587 
 Total XX 110940 XX 120402 XX 130296 
 
PENNSYLVANIA 
Cement 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Masonry thousand short tons-.. 
Portland do.~__ 
262 
5,154 
$17,095 
218~539 
298 
5,735 
$20,849 
281,590 
303 
5,535 
$20,970 
288,036 
Clays2 do~..Gemstones                       
916 NA 
4~311 
5 
963 
. NA 
4,050 
5 
1,142 NA 
5,293 
.5 
Lime thousand short tons.. — 
Peat do~ 
1,507 
22 
81,682 
628 
1,620 
24 
90,182 
693 
1,492 
21 
85,269 
602 
Sand and gravel: 
 Construction do.'~ Industrial do~ 
Stone: 
e11,8()() 
 
W 
e52,000 
 
W 
14,472 
W 
64,285 
W 
e17,0® 
 
693 
e74,000 9,846 
 Crushed. do___ 
 Dimension do~_ 
Zinc (recoverable content of ores, etc.) metric tons.. — 
51,523 
53 
 
16,792 
226,948 
~ 
 
 
15,822 
e56,200 e44 
 
— — 
e228,000 e6®1 
 
— — 
64,765 
51 
 
— — 
310,859 
8,214 
 
— — 
Combined value of clays (kaolin), mica (scrap), and values indicated by symbol
W 
 
Total                      
XX 
12,812 
XX 
12,701 
. 
XX 
1,380 
 
XX 
635,141 
XX 
708,356 
XX 
804,474 
 
RHODE 
ISLAND 
 
 
 
 
Sand and gravel (construction) 
 thousand short tons..  e1,000 e$2,4()() 1,483 $5,282 e1,200 ~$4,600 
 Stone(crushed) do__~ 971 5,507 e],()()() e5,8® i01,135 107,016 
Combined value of gem stones, sand and 
gravel (industrial, 1984-85), and stone 
 (crushed traprock, 1985) XX 23 XX 486 XX 576 
Total XX 
 7,930 XX 11,568 XX 12,192 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
 
 Cement, portland — — thousand short tons- —
W W 2,319
$103,891 2,207 $104,705 
 Clays2 ~ 1,813 $34,830 1,834 36,809 1,896 37,695 
 Gemstones  NA 10 NA 10 NA 10 
 Manganiferous ore - thousand short tons-  22 W 20 W 20 W 
 Peat do~~ W W 5 W W 173 
 Sand and gravel: 
   Construction do.~ e5,290 e15,Q1J() 5,845 17,097 e4,90~1 e14,000 
   Industrial do...~ 842 13,169 882 14,889 794 14,092 
 Stone: 
   CrusheL do~ 15,786 61,054 e17,900 e72,500 17,079 72,520 
   Dimension do~ 17 1,165 e16 el,092 8 541 
 Combined value of cement (masonry), clays 
  (fuller's earth), gold (1985), mica (scrap), 
  silver (1985), vermiculite, and values 
  indicated by symbol W           XX           105,366           XX     
     29,562           XX           32,193 
    Total XX 230,594 XX 275,850 XX 275,929 
 Seefootnotes at end of table.