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The Mineral Industry of Virginia

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Virginia

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Virginia mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Virginia 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.

Sources of information

Virginia is the sole U.S. kyanite producer. Other mineral commodities produced include common clay, construction sand/gravel, crushed (granite/limestone) & dimension stone, feldspar, iron oxide pigments, lime, mica, montmorillonite, and vermiculite.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Virginia1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value
(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value
(1000 $)
Kyanite metric tons 89,200 31,000e 91,300 32,000e
Sand and gravel,
construction		 1000
metric tons
(1000 t)		 8,330r 104,000r 8,550 122,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 51,000 823,000r 53,300 954,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 14 8,440 13 9,030

Combined values of
cement, clay
(common and
montmorillonite),
feldspar, gemstones
(natural), lime, mica
(crude), salt, sand
and gravel (industrial),
vermiculite (crude),
zirconium mineral
concentrates (2018)

   XX 285,000r XX 297,000
Total   XX 1,250,000r XX 1,410,000

eEstimated. rRevised. 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).

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.

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