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Bureau of Mines / Minerals yearbook area reports: domestic 1978-79
Year 1978-79, Volume 2 (1978-1979)
Aase, James H.; West, Wanda J.; Anderson, Raymond R.
Iowa, pp. 201-211 ff.
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NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Combined value" figure. XX Not applicable. 1Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including consumption by producers). 2Excludes industrial sand; value included in "Combined value" figure. The State's nonfuel mineral output dur- el, gypsum, and others of lesser value. ing 1978 consisted of seven nonmetallic The nationwide cement shortage that bemineral commodities. Portland and mason- gan developing in 1977 was being felt in the ry cement production ranked first in terms State by mid-1978 when sales of cement had of value, followed by, in descending order, exceeded production capacity and previous crushed stone, construction sand and gray- yearend stocks had been depleted. 201The Mineral Industry of Iowa This chapter has been prepared under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Iowa Geological Survey for collecting information on all nonfuel minerals. By James H. Aase,' Wanda J. West,2 and Raymond R. Anderson~ The value of nonfuel mineral production States in value of nonfuel mineral producin Iowa for 1978 and 1979 was $259.6 million tion for 1978, with production reported from and $277.9 million, respectively. The in- nearly 600 operations located in 97 of the crease in value of production in 1978 over State's 99 countie~. Cerro Gordo County that of the previous year marked the 11th continued as the State's leading county in consecutive year that nonfuel mineral production values have increased to new record terms of value of nonfuel mineral output. highs. Forty-two counties recorded production Nationally, Iowa ranked 25th among the valued in excess of $1 million. Table 1.—Nonfuel mineral production in Iowa1 1977 . 1978 1979 Mineral . Quantity Value (thousands) . Quantity Value (thousands) . Quantity Value (thousands) Cement: Masonry thousand short ton&. — Portland do... — — — Clays do..~Gemstones 86 2,645 883 NA $5,052 99,383 2,461 1 88 2,646 894 ~ $5,390 107,335 2,694 ~ 69 2,371 870 $3,844 109,628 2,883 -- Gypsum — — thousand short tons... — Peat do.._~ 1,593 16 10,035 266 1,602 6 12,175 182 1,695 11 13,777 270 Sand and graveL do_ — — —Stone: 216,609 233,290 217,670 237,310 17,495 39,686 Crushed do... — — —Dimension do~~ 29,183 W 76,964 W 31,310 10 88,618 480 32,471 10 103,215 508 Combined value of other nonmetals and values indicated. bysymbolW Total XX 4,238 XX 5,376 XX 4,090 XX 231,690 XX 259,560 XX 277,901
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