Industry Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities, on a contract or fee basis, for the mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuel) and for the extraction of nonmetallic minerals (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities). Exploration for these minerals is included in this industry. Exploration services include traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites.
Excludes
Performing geophysical surveying and mapping services for nonmetallic minerals on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 541360, Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services;
Operating nonmetallic mineral mines or quarries on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry Group 2123, Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying, based on the type of mineral mined or quarried;
Site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors; and
Providing transportation activities on a contract or fee basis--are classified in Sector 48-49, Transportation and Warehousing, based on the primary activity.
Keywords
Blasting services, nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Boring test holes for nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Draining or pumping of nonmetallic mineral mines (except fuels) on a contract basis
Drilling services for nonmetallic mineral (except fuels) mining on a contract basis
Exploration services for nonmetallic minerals (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract basis
Mine shaft sinking services for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) on a contract basis
Mine tunneling services for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) on a contract basis
Nonmetallic minerals mine development on a contract basis (except site preparation and related construction activities)
Nonmetallic minerals mining support services on a contract basis (e.g., blasting, shaft sinking, tunneling) (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
Overburden removal for nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Prospect and test drilling services for nonmetallic mineral mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Pumping or draining nonmetallic mineral mines (except fuel) on a contract basis
Removal of overburden for nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Stripping overburden services for nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuels) on a contract basis
Test drilling for nonmetallic minerals mining (except fuel) on a contract basis
