NAICS Code Description


212390 - Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying

Top Businesses by Annual Sales for 212390 – Click for Complete Profiles:

Compass Minerals Intl IncSearles Valley Minerals Inc
US Borax IncAmerican Rock Salt Company LLC
Solvay Chemicals IncSisecam Chem Resources LLC
Karnavati Holdings IncSisecam Chemicals Wyoming LLC
Imerys Minerals California IncIntrepid Potash-New Mexico LLC

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) nonmetallic minerals (except coal, stone, sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals). Drylake brine operations are included in this industry, as well as establishments engaged in producing the specified minerals from underground and open pit mines.

Illustrative Examples:

Barite mining and/or beneficiating
Phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
Borate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
Potash mining and/or beneficiating
Peat mining and/or beneficiating
Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

  • Mining or quarrying stone--are classified in Industry 21231, Stone Mining and Quarrying;
  • Mining, quarrying, or beneficiating sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals--are classified in Industry 21232, Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying;
  • Calcining, dead burning, or otherwise processing (i.e., beyond basic preparation) minerals, such as talc, mica, feldspar, barite, and soapstone--are classified in U.S. Industry 327992, Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing sodium carbonate, boron compounds, and/or potassium salts--are classified in Industry 325180, Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing table salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing industrial salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing phosphoric acid, superphosphates, or other phosphatic fertilizer materials--are classified in U.S. Industry 325312, Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing; and
  • Providing support activities (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation) for the mining of nonmetallic minerals (except fuel) on a contract or fee basis--are classified in U.S. Industry 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining.
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Index Entries for 212390
212399212399212399212390Abrasive stones (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Abrasives, natural (except sand), mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Agate mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Alabaster mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Alum, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Alunite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Amblygonite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Amethyst mining and/or beneficiating
212392212392212392212390Apatite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Arsenic mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Asbestos mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Ash, volcanic, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Asphalt rock mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Asphalt, native, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Barite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Barium ores mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Barytes mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Borate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Borax, crude, ground or pulverized, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Boron compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
212391212391212391212390Boron mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Brimstone mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Burrstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212392212392212392212390Calcined phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Calcite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Catlinite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Chasers mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Colemanite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Corundum mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Cryolite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Diamonds, industrial, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Diatomaceous earth mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Diatomite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Dragstones mining and/or beneficiating
212392212392212392212390Dried phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Earth, diatomaceous, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Emery mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Fertilizer minerals, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Fill dirt pits mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Fluorite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Garnet mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Gem stone (e.g., amethyst, garnet, agate, ruby, sapphire, jade) mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Gilsonite mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Glauber's salt mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Grahamite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Graphite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Greensand mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Grinding pebbles mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Grindstones mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Guano mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Gypsite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Gypsum mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Hones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Humus, peat, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Iceland spar (i.e., optical grade calcite), mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Jade mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Kernite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Lepidolite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Lithium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Marcasite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Meerschaum mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Mica mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Millstones mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Mineral pigments, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Muriate of potash, mining
212399212399212399212390Muscovite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Native asphalt mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Ocher mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Oilstones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Optical grade calcite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Ozokerite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pavers mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Peat grinding
212399212399212399212390Peat humus mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Peat mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pebbles grinding
212399212399212399212390Perlite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Phlogopite mining and/or beneficiating
212392212392212392212390Phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Pigments, natural, mineral, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pipestones mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Potash mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Potassium bromide, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Potassium chloride mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Potassium compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
212391212391212391212390Potassium compounds, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Potassium salts, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pozzolana mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Precious stones mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Probertite mining and/or quarrying
212399212399212399212390Pulpstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pumice mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pumicite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Pyrite concentrates mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Pyrite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Pyrophyllite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Pyrrhotite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Quartz crystal, pure, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Reed peat mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Rubbing stones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Ruby mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Salines mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Salt, common, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Salt, rock, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Sapphire mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Scoria mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Screening peat
212399212399212399212390Scythestones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Sedge peat mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Selenite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Semiprecious stones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Shell mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Shredding peat mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Sienna mining and/or beneficiating
212392212392212392212390Sintered phosphate rock mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Soapstone mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Soda ash mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Soda ash, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Sodium borates, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Sodium carbonates, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Sodium chloride, rock salt, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Sodium compounds prepared at beneficiating plants
212391212391212391212390Sodium compounds, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Sodium sulfate, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Spar, iceland, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Spodumene mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Staurolite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Steatite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Stones, abrasive (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice), mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Strontianite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Strontium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Sulfate, sodium, mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Sulfur, native, mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Talc mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Tripoli mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Trona mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Turquoise mining and/or beneficiating
212391212391212391212390Ulexite mining and/or beneficiating
212393212393212393212390Umber mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Vermiculite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Volcanic ash mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Whetstones mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Wollastonite mining and/or beneficiating
212399212399212399212390Wurtzilite mining and/or beneficiating