Texas Minerals: Trends in Production

GC6504. Texas Minerals: Trends in Production, by W. L. Fisher. 28 p., 34 charts, 1965. ISSN: 0082-3309: Print.

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From the Introduction
Minerals play a vital role in the economy of an industrial State. In Texas, where annual production of minerals currently amounts to more than $4.5 billion--twice the value of agricultural products, equal the value of manufactured products, and equal to half the value of all retail trade--mineral production is the principal part of the State's economic foundation. Analyses of past production trends and economic factors allow predictions of future trends in this vital and important segment of the Texas economy.

Included herein are production graphs and brief annotations of production trends of principal or representative Texas mineral commodities. Period considered is 1950 through 1964, a period embracing significant post-war developments in the State and National economy.

Keywords: minerals, mineral production, industrial minerals, Texas, resource assessment

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

MINERAL FUELS

Crude oil

Natural gas

Natural gas liquids

Helium

Lignite

NONMETALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

Construction materials

Cement

Aggregates and base materials

Limestone and shell

Manufactured lightweight aggregate

Miscellaneous clay

Gypsum

Chemical materials

Lime

Salt

Sulfur

Other nonmetallic minerals

Bentonite

Fire clay

Specialty sands

Talc and soapstone

METALLIC MINERALS

SUMMARY

SOURCES OF DATA

ILLUSTRATIONS

Charts--

1. Gross national product and mineral production

2. Mineral production in constant 1957-1959 dollars

3. Texas business activity

4. Production of mineral fuels

5. Production of crude oil

6. Production of crude oil in Texas compared with other States

7. U.S. imports and exports of crude oil

8. U.S. imports and exports of crude oil and refined products

9. Production of natural gas

10. Production of natural gas liquids (LP gas)

11. Production of natural gas liquids (gasoline and other cycle products)

12. Helium shipments

13. Production of minerals exclusive of oil and gas

14. Production of cement

15. Cement capacity, percent utilized

16. Construction contracts ·awarded

17. Production of stone, sand, and gravel

18. Production of sand and gravel

19. Production of stone

20. Production of lime stone

21. Production of shell

22. Production of clay for lightweight aggregate

23. Production of miscellaneous clay

24. Production of gypsum

25. Chemicals and allied products, value added by manufacture

26. Production of lime

27. Uses of lime

28. Production of salt

29. Production and shipments of Frasch sulfur

30. Production of recovered sulfur

31. Production of bentonite

32. Production of fire clay

33. Production of specialty sands

34. Production of crude talc

Citation
Fisher, W. L., 1965, Texas Minerals: Trends in Production: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 65-4, 28 p.