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The Mineral Industry of Kansas

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Kansas

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Kansas mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Kansas 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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Kansas is a leading producer of crude/Grade-A helium and a major producer of crude gypsum, salt, and pumice/pumicite. It produces construction sand and gravel, crushed stone, dimension stone, masonry/portland cement, montmorillonite, and gemstones.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Kansas1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value
($ 1000)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value
($ 1000)
Cement, portland 1000
metric tons
(1000 t)		 2,300 279,000e 2,170 255,000e
Clay: common 1000 t 282 W 339 W
Clay: montmorillonite 1000 t 37 W (4) W
Gemstones, naturale   NA 2 NA 2
Salt 1000 t 2,940 236,000 3,190 267,000
Sand and gravel,
construction		 1000 t 8,510 60,100 8,900 61,800
Stone, crushed 1000 t 14,900 127,000r 14,400 120,000
Combined values of
cement (masonry),
dimension stone,
gypsum (crude),
helium (Grade–A),
pumice and pumicite,
and values indicated
by symbol W		   XX (7) XX (7)
Total (partial)   XX 701,000 XX 704,000

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). 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.

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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