Table 6.--Crushed stone sold or used by producers in the United States, by use, 1985-891/ (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1985 1987 1989 ---------------------- ------------------------ ----------------------- Use Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coarse aggregate (+11/2 inch): Macadam----------------------------------------- 13,481 57,354 9,696 44,007 8,888 39,575 Riprap and jetty stone-------------------------- 19,458 89,377 22,093 108,056 19,792 111,406 Filter stone------------------------------------ 5,626 26,376 5,894 27,579 8,265 38,744 Other coarse aggregate-------------------------- 946 4,795 2,147 9,641 1,782 7,525 Coarse aggregate, graded: Concrete aggregate, coarse---------------------- 96,639 507,642 99,517 504,936 103,302 534,709 Bituminous aggregate, coarse-------------------- 57,729 287,531 65,885 339,956 65,981 346,788 Bituminous surface-treatment aggregate---------- 23,099 120,831 22,814 116,471 20,099 106,053 Railroad ballast-------------------------------- 21,098 91,177 14,942 67,761 16,343 78,129 Other graded coarse aggregate------------------- 668 2,698 6,475 31,841 3,919 22,605 Fine aggregate (-3/8 inch): Stone sand, concrete---------------------------- 19,528 108,247 17,726 100,339 18,082 94,748 Stone sand, bituminous mix or seal-------------- 12,375 54,842 17,270 85,858 17,659 80,851 Screening, undesignated------------------------- 17,960 81,076 22,977 101,448 29,054 133,535 Other fine aggregate---------------------------- 3,268 12,542 1,083 6,300 1,580 8,955 Coarse and fine aggregate: Graded road base or subbase--------------------- 159,621 647,320 176,785 717,359 162,296 682,472 Unpaved road surfacing-------------------------- 38,033 159,394 27,625 117,108 25,870 109,901 Terrazzo and exposed aggregate------------------ 2,976 22,676 2,212 11,956 3,299 22,629 Crusher run or fill or waste-------------------- 61,591 272,633 57,761 263,986 47,245 201,329 Other coarse and fine aggregate----------------- 875 3,632 4,969 16,610 678 2,537 Other construction materials2/------------------ 18,289 82,425 25,654 149,892 19,081 97,561 Lightweight aggregate--------------------------- 728 3,158 -- -- -- -- Roofing granules-------------------------------- 2,307 14,349 1,517 8,717 2,798 14,063 Agricultural: Agricultural limestone-------------------------- 20,348 96,712 18,690 93,869 17,177 89,283 Poultry grit and mineral food------------------- 1,789 16,304 1,857 20,511 2,895 25,682 Other agricultural uses3/----------------------- 440 2,458 355 2,553 826 4,834 Chemical and metallurgical: Cement manufacture------------------------------ 87,621 258,953 84,580 270,317 88,389 278,381 Lime manufacture4/------------------------------ 15,733 67,385 11,836 64,466 14,667 85,051 Dead-burned dolomite manufacture---------------- 876 6,442 590 5,429 1,239 7,441 Flux stone-------------------------------------- 9,383 41,788 5,441 28,438 5,084 23,743 Chemical stone---------------------------------- 548 2,655 188 1,365 415 1,911 Glass manufacture------------------------------- 367 3,500 685 6,642 274 3,605 Sulfur oxide removal---------------------------- 1,324 5,889 1,406 7,458 1,051 4,536 Special: Mine dusting or acid water treatment------------ 664 5,194 702 7,185 649 8,077 Asphalt fillers or extenders-------------------- 736 5,292 1,482 11,827 1,696 13,396 Whiting or whiting substitute------------------- 990 17,266 366 12,234 1,490 69,752 Other fillers or extenders---------------------- 4,112 50,266 4,701 88,149 4,105 81,869 Abrasives--------------------------------------- 283 1,309 -- -- -- -- Sugar refining---------------------------------- 242 781 -- -- -- -- Paper manufacture------------------------------- 621 2,031 -- -- -- -- Other miscellanous uses5/----------------------- 11,792 66,506 4,302 31,078 1,830 7,039 Other uses not listed--------------------------- 6/173,745 6/752,012 6/346,517 6/1,767,256 1,842 15,929 Unspecified: Actual------------------------------------------ -- -- -- -- 7/302,170 7/1,482,690 Estimated--------------------------------------- -- -- -- -- 8/78,999 8/388,431 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total9/,10/--------------------------- 907,908 4,053,000 1,088,740 5,248,600 1,100,807 5,325,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other." 1/Crushed Stone became a biennial survey in 1981. No table by end use for even-numbered years is therefore available. 2/Includes unspecfied construction aggregate, roadstone, dam construction, drain field, lightweight aggregate (slate), building products, roofing aggregates, chips and granules, pipe bedding, and waste materials. 3/Includes agricultural limestone, agricultural marl and other soil conditioners, and poultry grit and mineral food. 4/Includes dead-burned dolomite, alkalies, and sugar. 5/Includes stone used in abrasives, mine dusting, flour (slate), uses not specified (1970-72), uses not listed in smaller quantities, carbon dioxide, stucco, porcelain, disinfectant and animal sanitation, acid neutralization, magnesium metal manufacture, and bedding materials. 6/Includes totals reported without a breakdown by uses. 7/Includes production reported without a breakdown by end use. 8/Includes production estimated for nonrespondents. 9/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding and conversions to metric tons. 10/Value data was published in rounded form after 1975.