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The Mineral Industry of Oregon

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Oregon

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Oregon mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Oregon 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

Oregon is the only producer of emery in the U.S. and a major producer of common clay, diatomite, and perlite. It produces bentonite, construction sand and gravel, crushed stone, gemstones, and zeolites. Some culinary salt is produced from sea water.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Oregon1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

(1000$)
Gemstones, naturale   NA 1,250 NA 1,320
Pumice and pumicite metric tons  96,400 2,150 (4) W
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 16,200r 172,000r 16,800 201,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 21,900 187,000 21,000 185,000

Combined values of

cement, clay (bentonite

and common clay),

diatomite, lime,

perlite (crude), sand

and gravel [industrial

(2019)], zeolites, and

values indicated by

symbol W

   XX 170,000 XX 148,000
Total   XX 531,000r XX 535,000

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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