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The Mineral Industry of Arkansas

By National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the nonfuel mineral commodities produced in Arkansas

Minerals Yearbook Vol. II - Domestic

Arkansas mineral commodity producing areas map from 2014 Minerals Yearbook

2018-2019 data for Arkansas 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.

Sources of information

Arkansas is the only State for production of bromine compounds and special silica stone. It is a major producer of kaolin and tripoli. Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world that allows visitors to keep diamonds that they find.

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

Nonfuel Mineral Commodity Production in Arkansas1,2,3
Mineral Commodity Units 2018 Qty 2018 Value

(1000 $)		 2019 Qty 2019 Value

(1000 $)
Clay: common 1000

metric tons

(1000 t)		 272 1,880 W W
Gemstones, naturale   NA 441 NA 466
Sand and gravel,

construction		 1000 t 7,120 68,300 7,090 69,700
Sand and gravel,

industrial		 1000 t 2,040 134,000 1,610 82,700
Silica stone, special metric tons 318 76 318 76
Stone, crushed 1000 t 28,800 273,000r 29,400 281,000
Stone, dimension 1000 t 12 1,500 11 1,450
Combined values of 

bauxite, bromine,

cement, gypsum

(crude), lime,

silica (tripoli)		   XX 422,000r XX 439,000
Total   XX 901,000r XX 875,000

eEstimated. rRevised. NA Not available. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 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). 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.

3Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

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