2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

212322 Industrial Sand Mining

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.

• Establishments primarily engaged in mining commercial (i.e., construction) grade gravel are classified in U.S. Industry 212321, Construction Sand and Gravel Mining.

2007 NAICS		2012 NAICS		2017 NAICS		Corresponding Index Entries
212322		212322		212322		Abrasive sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Blast sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Enamel sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Filtration sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Foundry sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Glass sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Grinding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Industrial sand beneficiating (e.g., screening, washing)
212322		212322		212322		Industrial sand sandpits and dredging
212322		212322		212322		Molding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Sand, blast, quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Sand, industrial (e.g., engine, filtration, glass grinding, proppant), quarrying and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Silica mining and/or beneficiating
212322		212322		212322		Silica sand quarrying and/or beneficiating