National Minerals Information Center
The Mineral Industry of Texas
Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Texas
Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic
The 2014 Texas chapter containing text and data tables is available in PDF and XLS formats. Other years are available throught the links below, and 2015-2016 data are presented in the table.
Sources of information
Texas leads in cement, common clay, crushed stone, dimension stone, and gypsum production. A variety of other industrial; minerals produced include ball clay, bentonite, construction and industrial sand and gravel, and zeolites.
Aggregates Data by State, Type, and End Use
The following data table gives nonfuel mineral commodity production data for Texas extracted from Table 5 in the 2016 Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary.
| Mineral Commodity | Units | 2015 Quantity | 2015 Value (thousands) | 2016 Quantity | 2016 Value (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement, masonry | thousand metric tons (1000 t) | 268 | 46,200e | 287 | 48,700e |
| Cement, portland | 1000 t | 10,400 | 1,200,000e | 10,900 | 1,260,000e |
| Clay, bentonite | 1000 t | 51 | 8,570 | 43 | 8,170 |
| Clay, common | 1000 t | 1,910r | 39,000r | 1,950 | 24,500 |
| Gemstones, naturale | NA | 180 | NA | 33 | |
| Lime | 1000 t | 1,460 | 170,000 | 1,530 | 176,000 |
| Salt | 1000 t | 7,570 | 173,000 | 7,420 | 169,000 |
| Sand and gravel, construction | 1000 t | 82,900r | 787,000r | 85,800 | 818,000 |
| Sand and gravel, industrial | 1000 t | 14,200 | 706,000 | 10,900 | 417,000 |
| Stone, crushed | 1000 t | 163,000r | 1,630,000r | 166,000 | 1,720,000 |
| Stone, dimension | 1000 t | 1,060 | 142,000 | 1,180 | 130,000 |
| Combined values of clay (ball clay, fire clay, kaolin, montmorillonite), gypsum (crude), helium (crude), iodine [crude (2015)], talc, (crude), zeolites | XX | 65,400r | XX | 54,100 | |
| Total | XX | 4,960,000r | XX | 4,830,000 |
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 March 2019.
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.
Minerals Yearbook Volume II Texas chapters:
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- Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industry of Texas
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