2-19. Non-Fuel Raw Material Production in South Carolina: 1994-1996 1/, 2/

                                                            1994                           1995                            1996 p
 MINERAL COMMODITY                                 Quality      Value (thou.)      Quality     Value (thou.)      Quality      Value (thou.)

 Cement (Portland)     Thousand Metric Tons         2,210        $143,000           2,210       $156,000           2,440       $172,000
 Clays                 Thousand Metric Tons         1,520  3/      30,400  3/       1,620         21,700  3/       1,690         21,700

 Sand & Gravel:
      Construction     Do.                          8,600          26,100           8,880         29,000           9,590         33,100
      Industrial       Thousand Metric Tons           699          18,100             839         20,500             839         20,500
 Stone (Crushed)       Thousand Metric Tons        20,500  4/     131,000  4/      22,000        132,000          23,800        146,000

      Cement (Masonary), Clays [Kaolin (1994)],
      gemstones, gold, manganiferous ore,
      mica (scrap), peat, silver, stone [crushed
      marble (1994-95) dimension (1993, 1995)          XX          93,900              XX         88,700              XX        102,000
      dimension granite (1994)], and vermiculite

 TOTAL                                                 XX        $442,000              XX       $447,000              XX       $495,000

1/: Production as measured by shipments, sales, or marketable production (incl. consumption by producers).

2/: Data are rounded to three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

3/: Excludes certain clays; kind and value included with "Combined Value" data.

3/: Excludes certain stones; kind and value included with "Combined Value" data.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the S.C. Geological Survey, September 1997.

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