World Mine Production, Reserves, and Reserve Base:

Mine production Reserves and reserve base5

1994 1995e

United States 173 225 The United States has very little beryl that

Argentina — 1 can be economically handsorted from pegmatites.

Brazil 34 30 The Spor Mountain area, Utah, contains a large

Chinae 55 55 reserve base of bertrandite, which was being

Kazakstane 4 4 mined. Domestic deposits of bertrandite ores in

Russiae 32 30 Utah and Texas contain about 21,000 tons of

Zimbabwe 1 1 beryllium. The world reserves and reserve base

Other countries 1 1 are not adequately delineated.

World total 300 347

World Resources: No quantitative information is available on foreign resources of beryllium-bearing minerals and

rocks. The identified resources of beryllium in known domestic deposits are estimated at 66,000 tons of contained

beryllium.