1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Year 1957 TABLE Z-5.-Mine production of zinc in the United States 52, 999 47, 143 27,530 21, 461 California. 22, 684 25, 580 5,415 5, 325 7, 209 7,551 9, 602 Colorado. 9, 419 5, 358 1, 415 6,836 8, 049 33, 300 2, 980 38, 745 45, 164 47, 703 45, 776 55,714 53, 203 37, 809 35, 150 Idaho. 35, 350 40, 246 83,069 46, 200 86, 267 76, 555 87,890 78, 121 Montana. 74, 317 72, 153 61, 528 53, 314 49, 561 45,679 58,642 59, 095 54, 195 67, 678 85,551 82, 185 80, 271 Nevada. 60, 952 68,588 70, 520 16, 970 49, 790 20, 288 20, 443 21, 606 17,443 15,357 5,812 New Mexico. 1,035 2,670 7,488 44, 103 41, 502 29, 346 29, 263 45, 419 50, 975 13, 373 6 Utah 15, 277 35, 010 43.673 41, 490 40, 670 5,000 30,900 31,678 34, 317 32, 947 29, 184 34, 031 Washington. 43, 556 42, 374 13,800 40, 200 12, 638 10, 740 14, 807 18, 189 20, 102 Other States and Alaska. 32, 786 22, 304 29, 536 25, 609 23, 139 67 51 8 27 28 4 TABLE Z-5a.-Production of primary slab zinc in the United States 1 IU. S. Bureau of Mines. The difference between these totals and those reported * Includes a small tonnage of foreign slab zinc further refined into high-grade metal in the United States. Domestic. Foreign.. TABLE Z-5b.-Mine production of recoverable zinc in the United States in 1956 and in 1957 by months 1 1 Revised figures. 2 Based on number of days in the month without adjustment for Sundays and holidays. States east of the Mississippi TABLE Z-5c.-Production of slab zinc in the United States, according to grade 1 [In tons of 2,000 pounds] 1 U. S. Bureau of Mines; distilled and electrolytic zinc, primary and secondary. ? American Zinc Institute, preliminary (with deduction for metallurgical losses in converting grades). TABLE Z-6.—Reported consumption of primary zinc in the United States Adjusted to include consumption of smaller users not reporting to USBM, plus estimated quantity of zinc recovered from old scrap and consumed in forms other than slab. 3 Estimated: |