SIC Industry Description

Industry: 1474—Potash, Soda, and Borate Minerals
Establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, or otherwise preparing natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds. Establishments primarily engaged in mining common salt are classified in Industry 1479.

Alum miningPotash mining
Borate compounds miningPotassium compounds mining
Borax miningProbertite mining
Borax, crude ground and pulverizedSalines mining except common salt
Boron mineral miningSoda ash mining
Colemanite miningSodium compounds mining except common salt
Glauber's salt miningTrona mining
Kernite miningUlexite mining
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
1474Potash, Soda, and Borate Minerals38
147400Potash, soda, and borate minerals11
14740000Potash, soda, and borate minerals11
147499Potash, soda, and borate minerals, nec27
14749901Borate compounds (natural) mining6
14749903Potash mining5
14749904Soda ash (natural) mining14