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The Mineral Industry of Texas

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Texas

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Texas mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Texas 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, throught the links below.

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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.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Texas1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

(1000 $)
Cement, masonry 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 274 52,600e 270 42,800e
Cement, portland 1000 t 11,500 1,420,000e 12,000 1,490,000
Clay, bentonite 1000 t 63 11,300 45 10,600
Clay, common 1000 t 2,790 33,600 2,800 36,100
Gemstones, naturale   NA 40 NA 41
Lime 1000 t 1,470 181,000 1,600 197,000
Salt 1000 t 7,560 181,000 7,500 186,000
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000 t 89,900r 973,000r 91,300 906,000
Sand and gravel,

industrial		 1000 t 23,600 1,450,000r 30,200 1,420,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 176,000r 2,040,000r 185,000 2,200,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 1,130 126,000 1,170 140,000
Combined values of

clay (ball clay, fire clay,

montmorillonite), 

gypsum (crude), helium

(crude), talc, (crude),

zeolites		   XX 38,800 XX 36,400
Total   XX 6,500,000r XX 6,670,000

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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