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The Mineral Industry of Pennsylvania

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Pennsylvania

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Pennsylvania mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Pennsylvania 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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Pennsylvania is a major producer of crushed stone and produces construction and industrial sand and gravel, lime, portland cement, and peat. Metal and ferroalloy production was from materials acquired from other domestic and foreign sources.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Pennsylvania1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

(1000 $)
Cement, masonry 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 143 19,800e 146 20,400e
Cement, portland 1000 t 3,370 356,000e 3,770 390,000e
Clay, common 1000 t 281 1,870 272 1,840
Gemstones, naturale   NA 2 NA 2
Lime 1000 t 854 176,000 937 184,000
Peat   (4) (7) (4) (7)
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000 t 9,950r 94,600r 11,100 116,000
Sand and gravel,

industrial		   (4) (7) (4) (7)
Stone, crushed 1000 t 87,200r 1,160,000r 94,600 1,380,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 48 7,340 38 6,570
Total (partial)   XX 1,810,000 XX 2,100,000

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).

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

4Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.

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

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