National Minerals Information Center
The Mineral Industry of Michigan
Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Michigan
Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic
The 2014 Michigan chapter containing text and data tables is available in PDF and XLS formats. Other years are available through the links below.
Sources of information
Michigan is a major producer of cement, construction sand and gravel, iron ore, peat, and potash. It produces common clay, crushed and dimension stone, gypsum, industrial sand and gravel, lime, gemstones, and salt.
Aggregates by State and End Use, 1971-2015
The following data table gives nonfuel mineral commodity production data for Michigan extracted from Table 5 in the 2015 Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary.
| Mineral Commodity | Units | 2014 Quantity | 2014 Value (thousands) | 2015 Quantity | 2015 Value (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement, masonry | Thousand metric tons (1000 t) | 43 | 6,100e | 92 | 14,000e |
| Cement, portland | 1000 t | 3,950 | 399,000e | 4,190 | 470,000e |
| Cobalte, 8 | metric tons | 120 | W | 760 | W |
| Copper9 | metric tons | 3,910 | W | 24,300 | W |
| Gemstones, naturale | NA | 2 | NA | 15 | |
| Gypsum, crude | 1000 t | 233 | 2,050 | (6) | W |
| Iron ore10 | 1000 t | 12,100 | 1,240,000 | 10,800 | 852,000 |
| Lime | 1000 t | 526 | 65,400 | 474 | 60,200 |
| Nickel9, 11 | metric tons | 4,300 | W | 27,200 | W |
| Sand and gravel, construction | 1000 t | 36,400 | 204,000 | 39,600 | 243,000 |
| Sand and gravel, industrial | 1000 t | 1,590 | 112,000 | 3,370 | 77,300 |
| Stone, crushed | 1000 t | 26,300 | 194,000 | 27,700 | 201,000 |
| Combined values of clay (common), magnesium compounds, peat, salt, stone (dimension), and values indicated by symbol W | XX | 427,000 | XX | 836,000 | |
| Total | XX | 2,650,000 | XX | 2,750,000 |
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 2018.
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.
6Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
8Content of concentrates.
9Source: Lundin Mining 2015 Annual Filings, December 31, 2015; contained metal of concentrates.
10Production based on publicly available data; refer to the 2015 Minerals Yearbook iron ore chapter and Cliffs annual reports.
11Recoverable content of nickel sulfide concentrates.
Minerals Yearbook Volume II Michigan chapters:
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- Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industry of Michigan
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