NAICS 212325 Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
NAICS Code: 212325
Code Title: Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
Code Sector: 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
NAICS 212325 Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) mining clay (except kaolin and ball), ceramic, or refractory minerals; (2) developing the mine site for clay, ceramic, or refractory minerals; and (3) beneficiating (i.e., preparing) clay (except kaolin and ball), ceramic, or refractory minerals.
Illustrative Examples
Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating Common clay mining and/or beneficiating Magnesite mining and/or beneficiating Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating Nepheline syenite mining and/or beneficiating Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating
Cross References
Establishments primarily engaged in--
- Shaping, molding, baking, burning, or hardening clay and nonclay refractories, and structural clay products--are classified in Industry 327120, Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing;
- Developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating kaolin or ball clay--are classified in U.S. Industry 212324, Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining;
- Shaping, molding, glazing, and firing pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixtures--are classified in Industry 327110, Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing.
Alternate Titles
- Andalusite mining and/or beneficiating
- Aplite mining and/or beneficiating
- Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating
- Bleaching clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Brucite mining and/or beneficiating
- Burley mining and/or beneficiating
- Clay (except kaolin, ball) mining and/or beneficiating
- Clay bleaching
- Clay, ceramic and refractory minerals, mining and/or beneficiating
- Clay, fire, mining and/or beneficiating
- Common clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Common shale mining and/or beneficiating
- Cornwall stone mining and/or beneficiating
- Cyanite mining and/or beneficiating
- Diaspore mining and/or beneficiating
- Dumortierite mining and/or beneficiating
- Earth, fuller's (e.g., all natural bleaching clays), mining and/or beneficiating
- Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating
- Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Flint clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating
- Kyanite mining and/or beneficiating
- Laterite mining and/or beneficiating
- Magnesite mining and/or beneficiating
- Nepheline syenite mining and/or beneficiating
- Olivine, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating
- Pegmatite, feldspar, mining and/or beneficiating
- Pinite mining and/or beneficiating
- Plastic fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Refractory minerals mining and/or beneficiating
- Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating
- Sillimanite mining and/or beneficiating
- Stoneware clay mining and/or beneficiating
- Syenite, nepheline, mining and/or beneficiating
- Topaz, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating
NAICS 212325 Crosswalk
Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) --
Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Code Revision 4.0 --
- ISIC 0810 - Quarrying of stone, sand and clay
- ISIC 0899 - Other mining and quarrying n.e.c.