NAICS 212322—Industrial Sand Mining

Where 212322 sits

1. 21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
2. 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas)
3. 2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
4. 21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
5. 212322 Industrial Sand Mining

Description

This U.S. Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) operating industrial grade sand pits; (2) dredging for industrial grade sand; and (3) washing, screening, or otherwise preparing industrial grade sand.

Cross-references for 212322

• Mining commercial (i.e., construction) grade gravel--are classified in U.S. Industry 212321, Construction Sand and Gravel Mining; and
• Construction projects involving water resources (e.g., dredging and land drainage)--are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

Index entries for 212322

14 entries from the official NAICS alphabetic index that classify under this code.

• Abrasive sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Blast sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Enamel sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Filtration sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Foundry sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Glass sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Grinding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Industrial sand beneficiating (e.g., screening, washing)
• Industrial sand sandpits and dredging
• Molding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Sand, blast, quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Sand, industrial (e.g., engine, filtration, glass grinding, proppant), quarrying and/or beneficiating
• Silica mining and/or beneficiating
• Silica sand quarrying and/or beneficiating

212322 in other systems