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The Mineral Industry of Wyoming

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Wyoming

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Wyoming mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2017-2018 data for Wyoming 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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Wyoming produces bentonite, common clay, construction sand and gravel, crude gypsum, crushed stone (limestone, scoria, and volcanic cinder), dimension stone, Grade-A helium, lime, portland cement, and soda ash.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Production in Wyoming1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2017 Quantity 2017 Value (thousands) 2018 Quantity  2018 Value (thousands)
Clay, bentonite thousand metric tons (1000 t) 4,000 385,000 4,250 409,000
clay, common clay and (or) shale 1000 t 38 54 45 149
Gemstones, naturale   NA 19 NA 19
Sand and gravel, construction 1000 t 8,350r 75,700r 9,840 95,200
Stone, crushed 1000 t 9,850 49,700r 9,920 54,200
Combined values of cement, gypsum (crude), helium (Grade-A), lime, soda ash   XX 2,020,000 XX 2,030,000
Total   XX 2,530,000r XX 2,590,000

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 December 2020.

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.

Minerals Yearbook Volume II Wyoming chapters:

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Current edition:

| 2014 PDF format | 2014 XLSX format| 2015 tables-only release |

Recent years:

Archive: | 1932-1993 |

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