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The Mineral Industry

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Current Mineral Economy
 (circa 1968)

By Albert E. Schreck and Avery H. Reed, Jr.

U. S. Bureau of Mines.

Of the 373 counties in Appalachia, 327 produced $2.5 billion (current dollars) of mineral raw materials in 1964; this total was 64 percent of the value of mineral output of the 12 Appalachian States and 12 percent of the United States total (table 6).  The counties which supplied this output and the commodities produced are shown in table 7.

Value of 1964 mineral production in the Appalachian Region and Appalachian States

Table 6.  Value of 1964 mineral production in the Appalachian Region and Appalachian States.

 

State, county Minerals produced, in order of value
Alabama:
  Bibb Coal, limestone.
  Blount Iron ore, cement, fire clay, limestone, coal.
  Calhoun Fire clay, limestone, miscellaneous clay, iron ore.
  Cherokee Sand and gravel, iron ore.
  Chilton Sand and gravel.
  Cleburne Sand and gravel.
  Colbert Limestone, native asphalt
  Cullman Limestone, coal.
  De Kalb Limestone.
  Elmore Sand and gravel.
  Etowah Limestone, coal, sand and gravel, fire clay.
  Franklin Iron ore, limestone, sand and gravel, fire clay.
  Jackson Coal, limestone
  Jefferson Coal, cement, iron ore, limestone, miscellaneous clay, sandstone, fire clay.
  Limestone Limestone.
  Madison Limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  Marion Coal, kaolin.
  Marshall Limestone, sandstone.
  Morgan Limestone, sand and gravel.
  Randolph Mica.
  St. Clair Cement, limestone, fire clay, miscellaneous clay, coal.
  Shelby Cement, lime, limestone, coal, miscellaneous clay.
  Talladega Marble, limestone, talc, iron ore.
  Tuscaloosa Coal, iron ore, sand and gravel, limestone.
  Walker Coal, fire clay, miscellaneous clay.
  Winston Coal.
Georgia:
  Bartow Barite, slate, limestone, iron ore, iron oxide, pigments.
  Chattooga Marble.
  Cherokee Mica, sand and gravel.
  Dade Limestone.
  Douglas Granite.
  Fannin Limestone.
  Floyd Limestone, miscellaneous clay, bauxite, kaolin.
  Forsyth Granite.
  Franklin Sand and gravel.
  Gilmer Marble.
  Gordon Miscellaneous clay.
  Gwinnett Granite, sand and gravel.
  Hall Granite.
  Madison Granite.
  Murray Talc, soapstone.
  Pickens Marble, sandstone.
  Polk Cement, slate, miscellaneous clay, iron ore, sandstone.
  Rabun Granite.
  Walker Limestone, coal.
  Whitfield Limestone.
Kentucky[1]
  Adair Limestone.
  Bath Petroleum.
  Bell Coal, petroleum.
  Boyd Coal, miscellaneous clay, petroleum.
  Breathitt Coal, petroleum.
  Carter Limestone, fire clay, coal.
  Casey Limestone, petroleum.
  Clay Coal.
  Clinton Petroleum, limestone, coal.
  Cumberland Petroleum, limestone.
  Elliott Petroleum, coal.
  Estill Petroleum, limestone.
  Fleming Limestone.
  Floyd Coal, petroleum.
  Garrard Limestone.
  Green Petroleum, limestone.
  Greenup Fire clay, petroleum.
  Harlan Coal, limestone.
  Jackson Coal, limestone, petroleum.
  Johnson Petroleum, coal.
  Knott Coal, petroleum.
  Knox Coal, petroleum.
  Laurel Coal, limestone, petroleum.
  Lawrence Petroleum, coal.
  Lee Petroleum, limestone, coal.
  Leslie Coal, petroleum.
  Letcher Coal, limestone, petroleum.
  Lincoln Petroleum.
  McCreary Coal, petroleum.
  Madison Limestone.
  Magoffin Petroleum, coal.
  Martin Coal, petroleum.
  Menifee Limestone, petroleum.
  Monroe Limestone, petroleum.
  Montgomery Limestone.
  Morgan Limestone, coal, petroleum.
  Owsley Coal, petroleum.
  Perry Coal, petroleum.
  Pike Coal, petroleum, limestone, sand and gravel.
  Powell Petroleum, limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  Pulaski Limestone, coal.
  Rockcastle Limestone, coal.
  Rowan Fire clay, limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  Russell Petroleum.
  Wayne Coal, limestone, petroleum.
  Whitley Coal, petroleum, miscellaneous clay.
  Wolfe Petroleum, coal.
Maryland:
  Allegany Coal, sand and gravel, stone, clays.
  Garrett Coal, natural gas, stone, sand and gravel, peat.
  Washington Cement, stone, clays, potassium salts.
New York:[2]
  Allegany Sand and gravel.
  Broome Sand and gravel, stone, clays.
  Cattaraugus Sand and gravel, peat.
  Chautauqua Sand and gravel.
  Chemung Sand and gravel.
  Chenango Sand and gravel.
  Cortland Sand and gravel.
  Delaware Stone, sand and gravel.
  Otsego Stone, sand and gravel.
  Schuyler Salt, sand and gravel.
  Steuben Sand and gravel.
  Tioga Sand and gravel.
  Tompkins Salt, stone, sand and gravel.
North Carolina:
  Alexander Sand and gravel.
  Ashe Sand and gravel.
  Avery Kaolin, mica, sand and gravel.
  Buncombe Sand and gravel, granite.
  Burke Sand and gravel.
  Caldwell Granite, sand and gravel.
  Cherokee Marble, granite, talc, sand and gravel.
  Davie Sand and gravel.
  Forsyth Granite, sand and gravel.
  Hayward Sand and gravel.
  Henderson Limestone, granite, miscellaneous clay.
  Jackson Olivine, granite.
  McDowell Sand and gravel, feldspar.
  Macon Granite, sand and gravel.
  Madison Sand and gravel, feldspar.
  Mitchell Feldspar, mica, sandstone, sand and gravel.
  Polk Granite, sand and gravel.
  Rutherford Sand and gravel
  Stokes Miscellaneous clay, sand and gravel.
  Surry Granite, traprock, sand and gravel.
  Swain Limestone, granite.
  Watauga Sand and gravel, granite.
  Wilkes Granite, sand and gravel.
  Yadkins Granite, sand and gravel.
  Yancey Mica, olivine, sand and gravel, feldspar, asbestos.
Ohio:
  Adams Stone.
  Athens Coal, stone, clays, sand and gravel.
  Belmont Coal, stone.
  Brown Stone, sand and gravel.
  Carroll Coal, clays, sand and gravel, stone.
  Coshocton Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Gallia Coal, stone, sand and gravel, clays.
  Guernsey Coal, stone.
  Harrison Coal, stone, clays.
  Highland Stone, sand and gravel, clays.
  Hocking Coal, clays.
  Holmes Coal, stone, clays, sand and gravel.
  Jackson Coal, clays, stone.
  Jefferson Coal, clays.
  Lawrence Cement, stone, coal, clays, sand and gravel.
  Meigs Coal, sand and gravel, salt.
  Monroe Sand and gravel, stone.
  Morgan Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Muskingum Cement, stone, coal, sand and gravel, clays.
  Noble Coal, stone, clays.
  Perry Coal, sand and gravel, clays, stone.
  Pike Sand and gravel, stone.
  Ross Sand and gravel, stone.
  Scioto Stone, clays, sand and gravel.
  Tuscarawas Coal, clays, sand and gravel, stone.
  Vinton Coal, stone.
  Washington Sand and gravel, abrasives.
Pennsylvania:[3]
  Allegheny Coal, cement, clays, sand and gravel, stone, iron ore (pigment material).
  Armstrong Coal, clays, sand and gravel, stone, lime.
  Beaver Coal, sand and gravel, clays.
  Bedford Stone, coal, lime.
  Blair Stone, coal, clays, sand and gravel.
  Bradford Sand and gravel, coal.
  Butler Coal, cement, stone, lime, sand and gravel, clays.
  Cambria Coal, clays, stone, sand and gravel, iron ore (pigment material)
  Cameron Coal.
  Carbon Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Centre Lime, stone, coal, clays.
  Clarion Coal, stone, clays, sand and gravel.
  Clearfield Coal, clays, sand and gravel.
  Clinton Coal, clays, stone, sand and gravel.
  Columbia Coal, sand and gravel, clays, peat.
  Crawford Sand and gravel.
  Elk Coal, sand and gravel, stone.
  Erie Sand and gravel, peat.
  Fayette Coal, stone, clays, sand and gravel.
  Forest Sand and gravel.
  Fulton Stone, sand and gravel.
  Greene Coal, clays.
  Huntingdon Sand and gravel, stone, coal, clays.
  Indiana Coal, clays.
  Jefferson Coal, clays, stone, sand and gravel.
  Juniata Stone, lime.
  Lackawanna Coal, sand and gravel, stone, peat.
  Lawrence Cement, stone, coal, clays, sand and gravel, peat.
  Lycoming Stone, sand and gravel, coal, tripoli.
  McKean Clays, coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Mercer Coal, sand and gravel, stone.
  Mifflin Sand and gravel, stone, lime.
  Monroe Stone, sand and gravel, clays.
  Montour Stone, sand and gravel.
  Northumberland Coal, clays, stone, lime.
  Perry Stone.
  Potter Stone.
  Schuylkill Coal, stone, sand and gravel, clays.
  Snyder Sand and gravel, stone, coal, lime.
  Somerset Coal, clays, stone, sand and gravel.
  Sullivan Coal.
  Susquehanna Stone.
  Tioga Coal, sand and gravel, stone.
  Union Stone.
  Venango Coal, sand and gravel.
  Warren Sand and gravel.
  Washington Coal, stone.
  Wayne Stone, sand and gravel, peat, coal.
  Westermoreland Coal, sand and gravel, stone, lime.
  Wyoming Sand and gravel, stone.
South Carolina:
  Anderson Granite.
  Cherokee Limestone, sand and gravel, barite, miscellaneous clays.
  Greenville Granite, sand and gravel.
  Pickens Granite, sand and gravel.
  Spartanburg Granite, feldspar, sand and gravel.
Tennessee:[4]
  Anderson Coal, limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  Bledsoe Coal.
  Blount Marble, limestone.
  Bradley Limestone, sand and gravel.
  Campbell Coal, limestone, sand and gravel.
  Campbell Coal, limestone, sandstone.
  Carter Limestone.
  Claiborne Coal, limestone.
  Clay Limestone.
  Cocke Limestone.
  Coffee Limestone.
  Cumberland Sandstone, limestone, sand and gravel, coal.
  Fentress Limestone, coal, sandstone.
  Franklin Cement, limestone, sandstone, sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay.
  Grainger Marble.
  Greene Limestone, sand and gravel.
  Grundy Coal, sand and gravel, limestone.
  Hamblen Limestone.
  Hamilton Cement, limestone, sand and gravel, coal, miscellaneous clay.
  Hancock Zinc, limestone.
  Hawkins Limestone.
  Jefferson Zinc, limestone.
  Johnson Limestone.
  Knox Cement, zinc, limestone, marble, lime, sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay.
  Loudon Barite, sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay.
  McMinn Barite, limestone
  Macon Limestone.
  Marion Cement, coal, limestone.
  Meigs Limestone.
  Monroe Limestone, sand and gravel, barite.
  Morgan Coal.
  Overton Limestone, coal.
  Polk Copper, pyrites zinc, silver, sand and gravel, gold
  Putnam Coal, limestone, sand and gravel.
  Rhea Limestone, coal.
  Roane Limestone.
  Scott Coal.
  Sequatchie Limestone, coal.
  Sevier Limestone, sand and gravel.
  Sullivan Cement, limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  Unicoi Sand and gravel, limestone.
  Union Marble, limestone.
  Van Buren Coal.
  Warren Limestone.
  Washington Limestone, miscellaneous clay.
  White Limestone.
Virginia:
  Alleghany Stone.
  Bland Stone.
  Botetourt Cement, stone, clays.
  Buchanan Coal, natural gas.
  Craig Sand and gravel.
  Dickenson Coal, natural gas, sand and gravel.
  Giles Lime, stone.
  Grayson Stone.
  Highland Stone.
  Lee Coal, stone, petroleum.
  Pulaski Stone, iron ore (pigment material)
  Russell Coal, stone, clays.
  Scott Stone, coal.
  Smyth Lime, salt, stone, sand and gravel, clays.
  Tazewell Stone, coal, lime, clays, natural gas.
  Washington Stone, gypsum, sand and gravel.
  Wise Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Wythe Zinc, stone, lead, sand and gravel.
West Virginia:[5]
  Barbour Coal.
  Berkeley Cement, stone, lime, clays.
  Boone Coal.
  Braxton Coal, stone.
  Brooke Coal, sand and gravel.
  Cabell Sand and gravel, clays.
  Clay Coal
  Doddridge Stone.
  Fayette Coal.
  Gilmer Coal.
  Grant Coal, Stone.
  Greenbrier Coal, Stone.
  Hancock Clays, sand and gravel, coal.
  Hardy Stone.
  Harrison Coal, stone.
  Jefferson Stone, lime.
  Kanawha Coal, salt, clays, stone, calcium, magnesium chloride.
  Lewis Coal, stone, clays.
  Lincoln Coal, sand and gravel.
  Logan Coal.
  McDowell Coal.
  Marion Coal.
  Mason Coal, sand and gravel.
  Mereer Coal, stone, clays.
  Mineral Stone, coal.
  Mingo Coal.
  Monogalia Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Morgan Sand and gravel.
  Nicholas Coal, stone.
  Ohio Coal, sand and gravel.
  Pendleton Stone.
  Pleasants Salt.
  Pocahontas Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Preston Coal, stone.
  Putnam Coal.
  Raleigh Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Randolph Coal, stone.
  Taylor Coal, clays.
  Tucker Coal, stone, sand and gravel.
  Tyler Sand and gravel, salt.
  Upshur Coal, stone.
  Wayne Coal.
  Webster Coal.
  Wetzel Sand and gravel.
  Wood Sand and gravel.
  Wyoming Coal, sand and gravel.

Table 7.  Minerals produced in the Appalachian Region in 1964, by States and Counties
 (Source:  U. S. Bur. Mines)

 

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