NAICS code 212322: Industrial Sand Mining

NAICS 212322 is “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.

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: 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; and Glass sand quarrying and/or beneficiating.

Businesses mainly 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.

750 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

SIC 1446 (Industrial Sand), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

212300 (Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 212311–212390.

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