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The Mineral Industry of Mississippi

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Mississippi

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Mississippi mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Mississippi are summarized in the table on this web page. The 2015 chapter data tables (XLS) and 2014 chapter containing text and data tables in PDF and XLS formats are available, with other years, through the links below.

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Mississippi is a major producer of ball clay and fuller's earth (montmorillonite); it also produces bentonite, construction sand and gravel and crushed stone.

The following data table gives nonfuel mineral commodity production data for Mississippi extracted from Table 5 in the 2019 Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Mississippi1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

($ 1000)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

($ 1000)
Gemstones, naturale   NA 2 NA 2
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 11,400 98,400r 10,300 83,400
Sand and gravel,

industrial		 1000 t 4,450 290,000 3,130 116,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 1,990 62,000 2,010 69,000
Combined values of

clay (ball clay, bentonite,

common clay,

montmorillonite)		   XX (7) XX (7)
Total   XX 451,000   268,000

eEstimated. rRevised. NA Not available. XX Not applicable.

1Includes data from the commodity chapters published in the Minerals Yearbook as they were completed and released through January 2023.

2Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including consumption by producers). Mine output measured as sold or used by producers is primarily shown in the tables, because values can be assigned. Where sold or used data are not available, actual mine output is used as the production measurement and value is estimated average price of the mineral commodity for that year. Data are reported in gross weight unless otherwise specified.

3Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

7Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; value included in "Undistributed" in the U.S. total value.

Minerals Yearbook Volume II Mississippi chapters:

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