NAICS 212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining

NAICS Code: 212393

Code Title: Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining

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

NAICS 212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, milling, and/or drying or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) chemical or fertilizer mineral raw materials (except potash, soda, boron, and phosphate rock).


Illustrative Examples

Barite mining and/or beneficiating Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating Celestite mining and/or beneficiating Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating

Cross References

Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Mining and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
  • Manufacturing industrial salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
  • Mining, milling, drying, and/or sintering or otherwise beneficiating phosphate rock--are classified in U.S. Industry 212392, Phosphate Rock Mining;
  • Manufacturing table salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing.

Alternate Titles

  • Alunite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Amblygonite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Arsenic mineral mining and/or beneficiating
  • Barite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Barium ores mining and/or beneficiating
  • Barytes mining and/or beneficiating
  • Brimstone mining and/or beneficiating
  • Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Fertilizer minerals, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Fluorite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
  • Guano mining and/or beneficiating
  • Lepidolite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Lithium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
  • Marcasite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Mineral pigments, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Ocher mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pigments, natural, mineral, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pyrite concentrates mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pyrite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Pyrrhotite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
  • Salt, common, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Salt, rock, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sienna mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sodium chloride, rock salt, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Spodumene mining and/or beneficiating
  • Strontianite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Strontium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sulfur, native, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Umber mining and/or beneficiating

NAICS 212393 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 0891 - Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals
  • ISIC 0893 - Extraction of salt