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The Mineral Industry of West Virginia

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in West Virginia

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

West Virginia mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2017-2018 data for West 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.

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West Virginia produces cement, common clay, construction and industrial sand and gravel, crushed stone, dimension stone, gemstones, and lime. No metals are mined in the State although some processing facilities are located there.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in West Virginia1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2017 Quantity 2017 Value (thousands) 2018 Quantity 2018 Value (thousands)
Gemstones, naturale   NA 2 NA 2
Sand and gravel, construction thousand metric tons (1000 t) 501 4,250 530 4,500
Sand and gravel, industrial 1000 t 94 5,260 543 33,100
Stone, crushed 1000 t 14,600 160,000r 15,100 174,000
Combined values of cement, clay (common clay and (or) shale), lime, salt 1000 t XX (7) XX (7)
Total (partial)   XX 169,000r XX 211,000

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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