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2017 Edition

national industry 212322

Industrial Sand Mining

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) operating industrial grade sand pits; (2) dredging for industrial grade sand; and (3) washing, screening, or otherwise preparing industrial grade sand.

The immediate parent of national industry 212322 is international industry 21232: Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in mining commercial (i.e., construction) grade gravel are classified in U.S. Industry 212321, Construction Sand and Gravel Mining.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 212322 - Abrasive sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  2. 212322 - Blast sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  3. 212322 - Enamel sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  4. 212322 - Filtration sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  5. 212322 - Foundry sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  6. 212322 - Glass sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  7. 212322 - Grinding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  8. 212322 - Industrial sand beneficiating (e.g., screening, washing)
  9. 212322 - Industrial sand sandpits and dredging
  10. 212322 - Molding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  11. 212322 - Sand, blast, quarrying and/or beneficiating
  12. 212322 - Sand, industrial (e.g., engine, filtration, glass grinding, proppant), quarrying and/or beneficiating
  13. 212322 - Silica mining and/or beneficiating
  14. 212322 - Silica sand quarrying and/or beneficiating

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 212322
2007 212322
2012 212322
2017 212322
2022 212322

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1446 - Industrial Sand

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 212322, Industrial Sand Mining:

  1. flint silica or spar grinding
  2. industrial sand
  3. industrial sand mining
  4. mining
  5. mining except oil and gas
  6. mining not otherwise classified
  7. mining quarry
  8. mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  9. mining sand or gravel digging
  10. nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
  11. quarry
  12. quarry without blasting activity
  13. quarrying sand gravel digging
  14. quarrying underground mining
  15. sand digging
  16. sand gravel clay and ceramic and refractory mineral mining and quarrying
  17. sand or gravel digging
  18. sand or gravel digging industrial sand
  19. silica grinding

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