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Industrial Minerals and Uranium Section
For information: contact Robert W. Gregory
Email: bgregory@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 766-2286 Ext. 237
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Production Statistics for Selected Wyoming Industrial Minerals and Uranium in 1996 - 2003
Revised, 05/04/05
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Production (Short tons) |
| Commodity |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Bentonite |
4,356,259 |
4,664,220 |
4,528,161 |
4,073,765 |
4,179,503 |
4,777,026 |
3,454,582 |
3,760,805 |
5,245,540 |
| Construction
Aggregate1 |
11,071,998 |
10,419,971 |
11,246,477 |
15,206,461 |
11,001,325 |
16,053,510 |
17,161,873 |
15,122,188 |
17,032,370 |
| Gypsum |
554,018 |
459,960 |
535,107 |
562,000 |
491,586 |
592,342 |
433,045 |
422,130 |
499,778 |
| Leonardite |
45,897 |
58,672 |
41,412 |
31,950 |
48,973 |
52,521 |
29,789 |
32,366 |
44,800 |
| Limestone (chemical) |
679,329 |
826,270 |
838,245 |
579,797 |
820,789 |
674,074 |
936,999 |
737,144 |
556,465 |
| Marble (decorative aggregate and fines) |
168,690 |
168,120 |
150,000 |
150,0002 |
N/A |
100,0002 |
76,8882 |
407,4202 |
60,880 |
| Shale (siliceous - used as an additive in cement) |
90,796 |
146,170 |
271,180 |
72,960 |
0 |
137,260 |
224,495 |
134,590 |
49,615 |
| Stone -
ornamental |
380 |
264 |
166 |
314 |
1,591 |
N/A |
2002 |
0 |
74,3033 |
| Trona |
18,318,196 |
19,199,046 |
18,619,616 |
17,794,438 |
17,494,416 |
17,722,311 |
17,241,124 |
17,763,0614 |
17,700,0003 |
| Uranium
(pounds of yellowcake) |
1,911,400 |
2,231,116 |
2,327,463 |
2,760,255 |
2,072,396 |
1,640,669 |
1,405,353 |
1,225,353 |
1,232,530 |
1 Includes sand & gravel, industrial sand, crushed stone, railroad ballast, and crushed scoria (clinker). As reported to the State Inspector of Mines.
2 Approximate annual production estmated by producer
3 Estimated by Wyoming State Geological Survey
4 Wyoming Department of Revenue
Sources: Production data from Annual Reports of the
State Inspector of Mines of Wyoming (except for trona).
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