212319 Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises: (1) establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site and/or mining or quarrying crushed and broken stone (except limestone and granite); (2) preparation plants primarily engaged in beneficiating (e.g., grinding and pulverizing) stone (except limestone and granite); and (3) establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying bituminous limestone and bituminous sandstone.

Examples Census gives

• Bituminous limestone mining and/or beneficiating
• Marble crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Bituminous sandstone mining and/or beneficiating
• Sandstone crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Mining, quarrying, or beneficiating crushed and broken limestone are classified in U.S. Industry 212312, Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying.
• Mining, quarrying, or beneficiating crushed and broken granite are classified in U.S. Industry 212313, Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 212319

The Census index assigns these 26 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Basalt crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Bituminous limestone mining and/or beneficiating
• Bituminous sandstone mining and/or beneficiating
• Boulder crushed and broken mining and/or beneficiating
• Diabase crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Dolomitic marble crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Gabbro crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Ganister crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Granules, slate, mining and/or beneficiating
• Grits crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Limestone, bituminous, mining and/or beneficiating
• Marble crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Mica schist crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Onyx marble crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Quartzite crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Riprap (except granite, limestone) preparation plants
• Riprap (except limestone and granite) mining or quarrying
• Sandstone crushed and broken stone mining
• Schist, mica, crushed and broken stone, mining and/or beneficiating
• Serpentine crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Slate crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Stone (except limestone and granite) beneficiating plants (e.g., grinding)
• Stone, crushed and broken (except granite or limestone), mining and/or beneficiating
• Trap rock crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Verde' antique crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Volcanic rock crushed and broken stone mining and/or beneficiating

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 212319

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 212319, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 550 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0810), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 08110Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slateUK SIC
• 08120Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolinUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 212311Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying
• 212312Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying
• 212313Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying