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The Mineral Industry of Washington

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Washington

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Washington mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Washington 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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Washington produces common clay, construction sand and gravel, crushed stone, diatomite, dimension stone, gold, industrial sand and gravel, lime, olivine, peat, and portland cement. 

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Washington1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value
(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value
(1000 $)
Gemstones, naturale   NA 38 NA 39
Sand and gravel,
construction		 1000
metric tons
(1000 t)		 33,600r 321,000r 35,600 337,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 14,900 214,000 14,300 204,000

Combined values of
cement, common
clay, diatomite,
lead, lime, olivine,
peat, sand and
gravel (industrial),
stone (dimension),
zinc

   XX 224,000 XX 175,000
Total   XX 759,000r XX 716,000

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).

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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