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Mining is an essential part of the life on our planet

Civilizations around the world have sprung up as a result of the discovery of minerals.   The exploration for minerals has led to a better quality of life for our world, through the development of products that we use every day.

Here is a list of materials and minerals mined in the USA

• Abrasives
• Aggregates
• Aluminum
• Aluminum Oxide
• Antimony
• Arsenic
• Asbestos
• Asphalt, Natural
• Barite
• Bauxite and Alumina
• Bentonite
• Beryllium
• Bismuth
• Boron
• Bromine
• Calcareous Marl
• Calcium Carbonate
• Cadmium
• Cement
• Cesium
• Chromium
• Clays
• Coal Combustion Products
• Cobalt
• Columbium

• Copper
• Corundum
• Diamond
• Diatomite
• Dolomite
• Feldspar
• Ferroalloys
• Fluorspar
• Fuller's Earth
• Gallium
• Garnet
• Gemstones
• Germanium
• Gold
• Granite
• Graphite
• Gypsum
• Hafnium
• Helium
• Indium
• Iodine

• Iridium
• Iron and Steel
• Iron and Steel Scrap
• Iron and Steel Slag
• Iron Ore
• Iron Oxide Pigments
• Kaolin
• Kyanite and Related Materials
• Lead
• Lime
• Limestone
• Lithium
• Magnesium
• Magnesium Compounds
• Manganese
• Marble
• Mercury
• Mica
• Mining and Quarrying
• Molybdenum
• Nepheline Syenite
• Nickel
• Niobium
• Nitrogen
• Osmium
• Palladiu
• Peat
• Perlite
• Phosphate Rock
• Platinum-Group Metals
• Potash

• Precious Metals
• Pumice and Pumicite
• Quartz Crystal
• Quartzite
• Rare Earths
• Recycling
• Rhenium
• Rhodium Rubidium
• Ruthenium
• Salt
• Sand and Gravel, Construction
• Sand and Gravel, Industrial
• Sandstone
• Scandium
• Scoria
• Scrap
• Selenium
• Shell
• Silica
• Silicon
• Silicon Carbide
• Silver
• Slag
• Slate Soda Ash
• Sodium Sulfate
• Statistical Summary
• Staurolite
• Steel
• Stone, Crushed
• Stone, Dimension
• Strontium

• Sulfur
• Talc and Pyrophyllite
• Tantalum
• Tellurium
• Thallium
• Thorium
• Tin
• Titanium
• Traprock
• Tripoli
• Tungsten
• Uranium
• Vanadium
• Vermiculite
• Volcanic Cinder)
• Wollastonite
• Yttrium
• Zeolites
• Zinc
• Zirconium

We invite you to visit these sites that contain information for kids to explore the wonderful world of mining:

MSHA
MSHA Kids

US Geological Survey

San Diego Natural History Museum

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The World Museum of Mining