Table 2.--Iron ore mined and beneficiated in the United States
                                               (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
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                                                                          Iron              Recoverable               Iron
      Year                 Crude ore              Usable               contained           iron content            content of
                             mined                 ore                 in usable           of crude ore            usable ore
                                                produced1/                 ore              (percent)              (percent)
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     1965----------------    180,796                88,024                50,174                  27.75                 57.00
     1966----------------    186,147                90,790                52,437                  28.17                 57.76
     1967----------------    186,340                84,745                49,212                  26.41                 58.07
     1968----------------    199,526                86,503                50,689                  25.40                 58.60
     1969----------------    209,987                89,005                53,644                  25.55                 60.27
     1970----------------    215,869                90,352                53,678                  24.87                 59.41
     1971----------------    199,549                81,332                48,973                  24.54                 60.21
     1972----------------    190,659                76,330                46,382                  24.33                 60.76
     1973----------------    222,167                88,778                54,092                  24.35                 60.93
     1974----------------    220,700                85,209                51,642                  23.40                 60.61
     1975----------------    217,964                79,636                48,750                  22.37                 61.22
     1976----------------    227,659                80,554                49,698                  21.83                 61.69
     1977----------------    160,924                56,119                34,709                  21.57                 61.85
     1978----------------    238,190                82,437                51,290                  21.53                 62.22
     1979----------------    259,928                86,777                54,299                  20.89                 62.57
     1980----------------    215,464                70,730                44,592                  20.70                 63.05
     1981----------------    230,644                74,348                47,286                  20.50                 63.60
     1982----------------    111,619                36,002                23,004                  20.61                 63.90
     1983----------------    117,388                38,165                24,555                  20.92                 64.34
     1984----------------    161,610                52,092                33,641                  20.82                 64.58
     1985----------------    151,606                49,533                31,798                  20.97                 64.20
     1986----------------    121,887                39,486                25,298                  20.76                 64.07
     1987----------------    148,104                47,648                30,526                  20.61                 64.07
     1988----------------    183,166                57,515                36,468                  19.91                 63.41
     1989----------------    187,806                59,032                37,413                  19.92                 63.38
     1990----------------    181,442                56,408                35,695                  19.67                 63.28
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       1/Byproduct ore included after 1979.