SIC Industry Description

Industry: 1479—Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining, Not Elsewhere Classified
Establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, or otherwise preparing chemical or fertilizer mineral raw materials, not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in milling, grinding, or otherwise preparing barite not in conjunction with mining or quarry operations are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 3295; similar establishments preparing other minerals of this industry are included here. Establishments primarily engaged in producing salt by evaporation of sea water or brine are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 2899.

Alunite miningMarcasite mining
Amblygonite miningMineral pigment mining
Arsenic mineral miningOcher mining
Barite miningPyrites mining
Barium ore miningPyrrhotite mining
Brimstone miningRock salt mining
Celestite miningSalt mining common
Fluorite miningSienna mining
Fluorspar ground or otherwise treatedSpodumene mining
Fluorspar miningStrontianite mining
Guano miningStrontium mineral mining
Lepidolite miningSulfur mining native
Lithium mineral miningUmber mining
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
1479Chemical and Fertilizer Mining101
147900Chemical and fertilizer mining8
14790000Chemical and fertilizer mining8
147901Mineral pigment mining21
14790100Mineral pigment mining20
14790101Ocher mining1
147903Salt and sulfur mining30
14790300Salt and sulfur mining8
14790302Rock salt mining10
14790303Salt (common) mining11
14790304Sulphur mining1
147904Fertilizer mineral mining33
14790400Fertilizer mineral mining17
14790401Arsenic mineral mining0
14790402Barite mining3
14790403Lithium mineral mining13
147999Chemical and fertilizer mining, nec, nec9
14799901Alunite mining2
14799902Amblygonite mining2
14799904Fertilizer mineral mining3
14799906Fluorspar mining2
14799908Lepidolite mining0