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2012 Edition

national industry 212312

Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining or quarrying crushed and broken limestone (including related rocks, such as dolomite, cement rock, marl, travertine, and calcareous tufa); and (2) preparation plants primarily engaged in beneficiating limestone (e.g., grinding or pulverizing).

The immediate parent of national industry 212312 is international industry 21231: Stone Mining and Quarrying

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Producing lime:are classified in Industry 327410, Lime Manufacturing; and Mining or quarrying bituminous limestone:are classified in U.S. Industry 212319, Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 212312 - Agricultural limestone mining and/or beneficiating
  2. 212312 - Calcareous tufa crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  3. 212312 - Cement rock crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  4. 212312 - Chalk crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  5. 212312 - Chalk, ground or otherwise treated, mining and/or beneficiating
  6. 212312 - Dolomite crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  7. 212312 - Lime rock, ground, mining and/or beneficiating
  8. 212312 - Limestone (except bituminous) crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  9. 212312 - Limestone beneficiating plants (e.g., grinding or pulverizing)
  10. 212312 - Marl crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  11. 212312 - Riprap, limestone, mining or quarrying
  12. 212312 - Riprap, limestone, preparation plants
  13. 212312 - Travertine crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
  14. 212312 - Tufa, calcareous, crushed and broken stone, mining and/or beneficiating
  15. 212312 - Whiting crushed and broken stone, mining and/or beneficiating

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 212312
2007 212312
2012 212312
2017 212312
2022 212312

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1422 - Crushed and Broken Limestone

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 212312, Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying:

  1. crushed and broken limestone
  2. crushed and broken limestone mining and quarrying
  3. lime manufacture quarry surface
  4. lime manufacturing quarry surface
  5. mining
  6. mining except oil and gas
  7. mining not otherwise classified
  8. mining quarry
  9. mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  10. nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
  11. quarry
  12. quarry cement rock surface
  13. quarry limestone surface
  14. quarry without blasting activity
  15. quarrying not otherwise classified including crushing lime manufacturing slate splitting
  16. quarrying underground mining
  17. stone and mineral crushing ground or otherwise treated
  18. stone crushing
  19. stone mining and quarrying

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