SIC 1429 Crushed and Broken Stone, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 1429

This classification covers establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying crushed and broken stone, not elsewhere classified. Types of stone processed by this industry include basalt, diabase, dolomitic marble, gabbro, marble, mica schist, onyx marble, quartzite, sandstone, and volcanic rock.

NAICS CODE(S)

212319

Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying

In 2005 approximately 70 percent of the crushed stone produced in the United States was limestone and dolomite (see SIC 1422: Crushed and Broken Limestone), followed by granite at 16 percent (see SIC 1423: Crushed and Broken Granite). The remaining 14 percent, specifically covered under this industry classification, includes traprock, which accounted for 6 percent of crushed stone produced in 2005, followed in descending order of tonnage by sandstone and quartzite, miscellaneous stone, marble, volcanic cinder and scoria, calcareous marl, slate, and shell.

After output declined in both 2002 and 2003, the crushed stone industry was expected to enjoy modest growth in 2004, fueled in part by increased federal spending on highway construction and maintenance. For example, the...