Industry: 1499—Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels
Establishments primarily engaged in mining, quarrying, milling, or otherwise preparing nonmetallic minerals, except fuels. This industry includes the shaping of natural abrasive stones at the quarry. Establishments primarily engaged in the production of blast, grinding, or polishing sand are classified in Industry 1446, and those calcining gypsum are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 3275.
| Agate mining | Oilstone quarrying |
| Alabaster mining | Ozokerite mining |
| Amethyst mining | Peat humus mining |
| Asbestos mining | Peat mining |
| Asphalt (native) mining | Perlite mining |
| Asphalt rock mining | Phlogopite mining |
| Bitumens (native) mining | Pipestone mining |
| Bituminous limestone quarrying | Pozzolana mining |
| Bituminous sandstone quarrying | Precious stones mining |
| Burrstone quarrying | Pulpstone quarrying |
| Calcite mining | Pumice mining |
| Catlinite mining | Pumicite mining |
| Corundum mining | Pyrophyllite mining |
| Cryolite mining | Quartz crystal mining (pure) |
| Diamond mining, industrial | Reed peat mining |
| Diatomaceous earth mining | Rubbing stone quarrying |
| Diatomite mining | Ruby mining |
| Emery mining | Sapphire mining |
| Fill dirt pits | Scoria mining |
| Garnet mining | Screening peat |
| Gem stone mining | Scythestone quarrying |
| Gilsonite mining | Sedge peat mining |
| Grahamite mining | Selenite mining |
| Graphite mining | Semiprecious stones mining |
| Greensand mining | Sharpening stone quarrying |
| Grinding peat | Shell mining |
| Grindstone quarrying | Shredding peat |
| Gypsite mining | Soapstone quarrying |
| Gypsum mining | Steatite mining |
| Iceland spar mining (optical grade calcite) | Talc mining |
| Jade mining | Tripoli mining |
| Meerschaum mining or quarrying | Turquoise mining |
| Mica mining | Vermiculite mining |
| Millstone quarrying | Volcanic ash mining |
| Muscovite mining | Whetstone quarrying |
| Natural abrasives mining (except sand) | Wurtzilite mining |
| Codes |
Titles | Total Marketable US Businesses |
| 14990000 | Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 98 |
| 14990100 | Gemstone and industrial diamond mining | 36 |
| 14990101 | Amethyst mining | 0 |
| 14990102 | Diamond mining, industrial | 8 |
| 14990103 | Garnet mining | 5 |
| 14990104 | Gem stones (natural) mining, nec | 27 |
| 14990105 | Jade mining | 4 |
| 14990106 | Precious stones mining, nec | 10 |
| 14990107 | Ruby mining | 1 |
| 14990108 | Sapphire mining | 1 |
| 14990109 | Semiprecious stones mining, nec | 7 |
| 14990110 | Turquoise mining | 2 |
| 14990200 | Mica mining | 1 |
| 14990204 | Vermiculite mining | 3 |
| 14990300 | Gypsum and calcite mining | 2 |
| 14990302 | Calcite mining | 3 |
| 14990303 | Gypsite mining | 0 |
| 14990304 | Gypsum mining | 16 |
| 14990305 | Iceland spar (optical grade calcite) mining | 1 |
| 14990400 | Mineral abrasives mining | 14 |
| 14990401 | Burrstone quarrying | 0 |
| 14990404 | Pumice mining | 5 |
| 14990405 | Rubbing stone quarrying | 3 |
| 14990407 | Whetstone quarrying | 1 |
| 14990500 | Talc mining | 10 |
| 14990501 | Pyrophyllite mining | 2 |
| 14990502 | Soapstone mining | 9 |
| 14990600 | Peat mining and processing | 9 |
| 14990601 | Peat grinding | 10 |
| 14990602 | Peat mining | 10 |
| 14990700 | Asphalt mining and bituminous stone quarrying | 16 |
| 14990701 | Asphalt (native) mining | 8 |
| 14990702 | Bituminous limestone quarrying | 3 |
| 14990703 | Bituminous sandstone quarrying | 0 |
| 14999901 | Agate mining | 4 |
| 14999902 | Asbestos mining | 5 |
| 14999903 | Catlinite mining | 0 |
| 14999905 | Diatomaceous earth mining | 7 |
| 14999906 | Gilsonite mining | 3 |
| 14999908 | Graphite mining | 6 |
| 14999909 | Greensand mining | 1 |
| 14999911 | Perlite mining | 7 |
| 14999912 | Pipestone mining (catlinite) | 0 |
| 14999913 | Pozzolana mining | 0 |
| 14999915 | Quartz crystal (pure) mining | 16 |
| 14999916 | Scoria mining | 2 |
| 14999917 | Shell mining | 3 |
| 14999918 | Tripoli mining | 1 |
| 14999919 | Volcanic ash mining | 2 |
