NAICS 212399 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

NAICS Code: 212399

Code Title: All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

Code Sector: 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

NAICS 212399 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) nonmetallic minerals (except stone, sand, gravel, clay, ceramic, refractory minerals, chemical and fertilizer minerals).


Illustrative Examples

Gypsum mining and/or beneficiating Soapstone mining and/or beneficiating Mica mining and/or beneficiating Talc mining and/or beneficiating Pyrophyllite mining and/or beneficiating

Cross References

Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Mining or quarrying stone--are classified in Industry 21231, Stone Mining and Quarrying;
  • Mining, quarrying, or beneficiating sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals--are classified in Industry 21232, Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying;
  • Mining, quarrying or beneficiating natural potash, soda, and borate--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
  • Mining and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating phosphate rock--are classified in U.S. Industry 212392, Phosphate Rock Mining.

Alternate Titles

  • Abrasive stones (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) mining and/or beneficiating
  • Abrasives, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Agate mining and/or beneficiating
  • Alabaster mining and/or beneficiating
  • Amethyst mining and/or beneficiating
  • Asbestos mining and/or beneficiating
  • Ash, volcanic, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Asphalt rock mining and/or beneficiating
  • Asphalt, native, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Burrstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Calcite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Catlinite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Chasers mining and/or beneficiating
  • Corundum mining and/or beneficiating
  • Cryolite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Diamonds, industrial, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Diatomaceous earth mining and/or beneficitating
  • Diatomite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Dragstones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Earth, diatomaceous, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Emery mining and/or beneficiating
  • Fill dirt pits mining and/or beneficiating
  • Garnet mining and/or beneficiating
  • Gem stone (e.g., amethyst, garnet, agate, ruby, sapphire, jade) mining and/or beneficiating
  • Gilsonite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Grahamite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Graphite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Greensand mining and/or beneficiating
  • Grinding pebbles mining and/or beneficiating
  • Grindstones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Gypsite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Gypsum mining and/or beneficiating
  • Hones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Humus, peat, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Iceland spar (i.e., optical grade calcite), mining and/or beneficiating
  • Jade mining and/or beneficiating
  • Meerschaum mining and/or beneficiating
  • Mica mining and/or beneficiating
  • Millstones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Muscovite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Native asphalt mining and/or beneficiating
  • Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating
  • Oilstones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Optical grade calcite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Ozokerite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pavers mining and/or beneficiating
  • Peat grinding
  • Peat humus mining and/or beneficiating
  • Peat mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pebbles grinding
  • Perlite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Phlogopite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pipestones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pozzolana mining and/or beneficiating
  • Precious stones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pulpstones, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pumice mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pumicite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pyrophyllite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Quartz crystal, pure, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Reed peat mining and/or beneficiating
  • Rubbing stones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Ruby mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sapphire mining and/or beneficiating
  • Scoria mining and/or beneficiating
  • Screening peat
  • Scythestones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sedge peat mining and/or beneficiating
  • Selenite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Semiprecious stones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Shell mining and/or beneficiating
  • Shredding peat mining and/or beneficiating
  • Soapstone mining and/or beneficiating
  • Spar, iceland, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Staurolite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Steatite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Stones, abrasive (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice), mining and/or beneficiating
  • Talc mining and/or beneficiating
  • Tripoli mining and/or beneficiating
  • Turquoise mining and/or beneficiating
  • Vermiculite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Volcanic ash mining and/or beneficiating
  • Whetstones mining and/or beneficiating
  • Wollastonite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Wurtzilite mining and/or beneficiating

NAICS 212399 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 0892 - Extraction of peat
  • ISIC 0899 - Other mining and quarrying n.e.c.