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The Mineral Industry of Ohio

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Ohio

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Ohio mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2017-2018 data for Ohio 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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Ohio is a major producer of lime & salt. It produces cement, clays, construction & industrial sand/gravel, crushed stone (limestone/dolomite), dimension stone (sandstone/conglomerate), gemstones, and peat.

The following data table gives nonfuel mineral commodity production data for Ohio extracted from Table 5 in the 2018 Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary.

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Ohio1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2017 Quantity 2017 Value (thousands) 2018 Quantity 2018 Value (thousands)
Clays: common clay thousand metric tons (1000 t) 689 15,000 598 13,800
Clays: fire clay 1000 t 156 2,450 160 2,520
Gemstones, naturale   NA 5 NA 5
Lime 1000 t 1,470 199,000 1,420 200,000
Sand and gravel, construction 1000 t 32,700r 287,000r 31,100 279,000
Sand and gravel, industrial 1000 t 1,050r 46,000r 1,010 48,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 60,900r 677,000r 66,000 738,000
Combined values of cement (masonry and portland), dimension stone, peat, salt   XX (7) XX (7)
Total (partial)   XX 1,230,000r XX 1,280,000

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 June 2022.

2Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including consumption by producers).

3Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 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.

7Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; value included in "Undistributed" in the U.S. total value.

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