SIC 1479—Chemical and Fertilizer Mining

Where 1479 sits

1. B Mining
2. 14 Mining and Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels
3. 147 Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining
4. 1479 Chemical and Fertilizer Mining

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, or otherwise preparing chemical or fertilizer mineral raw materials, not elsewhere classified.

What 1479 includes

6-digit codes

• 147900 — Chemical and Fertilizer Mining
• 147901 — Mineral Pigment Mining
• 147902 — Pyrites Mining
• 147903 — Salt and Sulfur Mining
• 147904 — Fertilizer Mineral Mining
• 147999 — Chemical and Fertilizer Mining, NEC

8-digit codes

• 14790000 — Chemical and fertilizer mining
• 14790100 — Mineral pigment mining
• 14790101 — Ocher mining
• 14790102 — Sienna mining
• 14790103 — Umber mining
• 14790200 — Pyrites mining
• 14790201 — Marcasite mining
• 14790202 — Pyrrhotite mining
• 14790300 — Salt and sulfur mining
• 14790301 — Brimstone mining
• 14790302 — Rock salt mining
• 14790303 — Salt (common) mining
• 14790304 — Sulphur mining
• 14790400 — Fertilizer mineral mining
• 14790401 — Arsenic mineral mining
• 14790402 — Barite mining
• 14790403 — Lithium mineral mining
• 14790404 — Strontium mineral mining
• 14799900 — Chemical and fertilizer mining, nec
• 14799901 — Alunite mining
• 14799902 — Amblygonite mining
• 14799903 — Celestite mining
• 14799904 — Fertilizer mineral mining
• 14799905 — Fluorite mining
• 14799906 — Fluorspar mining
• 14799907 — Guano mining
• 14799908 — Lepidolite mining
• 14799909 — Spodumene mining

Example activities

• alunite mining
• amblygonite mining
• arsenic mineral mining
• barite mining
• barium ore mining
• brimstone mining
• celestite mining
• fluorite mining
• fluorspar mining
• fluorspar ground or otherwise treated
• guano mining
• lepidolite mining
• lithium mineral mining
• marcasite mining
• mineral pigment mining
• ocher mining
• pyrites mining
• pyrrhotite mining
• rock salt mining
• salt mining common
• sienna mining
• spodumene mining
• strontianite mining
• strontium mineral mining

Cross-references for 1479

• Establishments primarily engaged in milling, grinding, or otherwise preparing barite not in conjunction with mining or quarry operations are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 3295; similar establishments preparing other minerals of this industry are included here.
• Establishments primarily engaged in producing salt by evaporation of sea water or brine are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 2899.

1479 in other systems