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  1. $Title{Table 4.: Production of Selected Mineral Commodities, 1980-83 (in tons unless otherwise specified)}
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  4. Commodity                       1980         1981         1982         1983
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  6. Aluminum  ................     133,100      133,900      137,600      135,000
  7. Boron, crude  ............     155,849      125,617      123,492      123,900
  8. Cement  ..................   7,133,000    6,651,000    5,580,000    5,645,000
  9. Copper  ..................         182           80           38          235
  10. Feldspar  ................      32,529       26,118       15,091       18,700
  11. Fluorite  ................      15,468       20,755       23,727       24,325
  12. Gold (troy ounces)  ......      10,622       14,757       20,319       20,898
  13. Iron  ....................     437,000      398,000      587,000      629,000
  14. Lead  ....................      32,606       32,652       30,115       32,000
  15. Manganese  ...............       6,146        2,706        3,900        4,200
  16. Salt  ....................   1,004,000      938,000      595,000      551,000
  17. Silver (troy ounces)  ....   2,357,000    2,518,000    2,684,000    2,636,000
  18. Steel, crude  ............   2,685,000    2,526,000    2,913,000    2,930,000
  19. Tin  .....................         351          413          304          338
  20. Uranium (kilograms)  .....     284,900      221,000      470,462      504,000
  21. Vermiculite  .............       9,907        3,277        3,354        3,400
  22. Zinc  ....................      33,409       35,150       36,381       37,000
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  24. Source: Based on information from United States, Department of the Interior,
  25.         Bureau of Mines, Preprint from The Mineral Industry of Argentina,
  26.         Washington, 1984, 3.
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