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The Mineral Industry of Arizona

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Arizona

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Arizona mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Arizona 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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Arizona leads in copper production and is a major producer of crude perlite, molybdenum, silver, & zeolites. It also produces bentonite, cement, common clay, construction & industrial sand & gravel, crushed & dimension stone, gypsum, lime, and salt.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Arizona1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value
(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value
(1000 $)
Copper4 1000
metric tons
(1000 t)		 801 5,280,000 859 5,300,000
Gemstones, naturale   NA 2,210 NA 2,230
Lead4 metric tons 58 142 0 0
Sand and gravel,
construction		 1000 t 47,600 478,000r 48,700 521,000
Silver4 kilograms 58,000 29,300r 64,700 32,800
Stone, crushed 1000 t 11,800r 111,000 10,900 121,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 45 4,960 44 5,980
Combined values of
cement, clay
(bentonite and common),
gold, gypsum (crude),
helium (Grade-A ), lime,
molybdenum mineral
concentrates, perlite
(crude), rhenium, salt,
sand and gravel
(industrial), zeolites		   XX 883,000r XX 883,000
Total   XX 6,790,000r XX 6,860,000

eEstimated. rRevised. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing proprietary data. 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.

4Recoverable content of ores and concentrates.

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