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Active mines in the U.S. by commodity 2020

Published by
M. Garside,
Oct 13, 2022
In 2020, the United States had approximately 6,2251 sand and gravel mines that were active. That was a decrease of 38 since the year before. Stone mines were the second most numerous among active mines in the U.S. that year, with 4,281 active mines.

In total, the U.S. had 12,714 active mines across the country in 2020.

Number of active mines in the United States in 2020, by commodity

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2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

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active mines refer to mines that reported any employee hours during the year

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