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The Mineral Industry of Oklahoma

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Oklahoma

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Oklahoma mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Oklahoma 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.

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Oklahoma leads in iodine production; major producer of gypsum. Produces cement, construction sand/gravel, crushed stone (mostly limestone), feldspar, helium, lime, pumice, salt. Iodine and salt are produced from brine wells and helium from gas wells.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Oklahoma1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

(1000 $)
Clay, common 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 655 2,170 613 2,030
Gemstones, naturale   NA 5 NA 5
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000 t 8,850r 79,200r 12,000 100,000
Sand and gravel,

industrial		 1000 t 6,000r 281,000r 6,990 318,000
Stone, crushed 1000 t 36,700 338,000r 38,100 347,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 60 5,620 52 4,390
Combined values of

cement, feldspar,

gypsum (crude),

helium (Grade–A),

iodine (crude), lime,

salt		   XX 320,000r XX 327,000
Total   XX 1,030,000r XX 1,100,000

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 June 2022.

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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