{
    "code": "3295",
    "title": "Minerals and Earths, Ground or Otherwise Treated",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "32",
    "parent_code": "329",
    "parent_title": "Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments operating without a mine or quarry and primarily engaged in crushing, grinding, pulverizing, or otherwise preparing clay, ceramic, and refractory minerals; barite; and miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals, except fuels. These minerals are the crude products mined by establishments of SIC Code - 145, and SIC Code - 149, and by those of SIC Code - 1479, mining barite. Also included are establishments primarily crushing slag and preparing roofing granules.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/3295",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Barite, ground or otherwise treated",
        "Barium, ground or otherwise treated",
        "Blast furnace slag",
        "Clay for petroleum refining, chemically processed",
        "Clay, ground or otherwise treated"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [
        {
            "label": "Mining",
            "code": "10-14",
            "title": "Mining",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/10-14/mining"
        }
    ],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "3291",
            "title": "Abrasive Products",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3291/abrasive-products",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "3292",
            "title": "Asbestos Products",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3292/asbestos-products",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "3295",
            "title": "Minerals and Earths, Ground or Otherwise Treated",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3295/minerals-earths-ground-treated",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "3296",
            "title": "Mineral Wool",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3296/mineral-wool",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "3297",
            "title": "Nonclay Refractories",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3297/nonclay-refractories",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "3299",
            "title": "Nonmetallic Mineral Products, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3299/nonmetallic-mineral-products",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "212324",
            "title": "Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/212324/kaolin-ball-clay-mining"
        },
        {
            "code": "212325",
            "title": "Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/212325/clay-ceramic-refractory-minerals-mining"
        },
        {
            "code": "212393",
            "title": "Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/212393/chemical-fertilizer-mineral-mining"
        },
        {
            "code": "212399",
            "title": "All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/212399/nonmetallic-mineral-mining"
        },
        {
            "code": "327992",
            "title": "Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/327992/ground-treated-mineral-earth-manufacturing"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Asbury Carbons Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/asbury-carbons-inc",
            "city": "Asbury",
            "state": "NJ",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Buildex Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/buildex-inc",
            "city": "Ottawa",
            "state": "KS",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Levy Co",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/levy-co",
            "city": "Chesterton",
            "state": "IN",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "US Gypsum Co",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/us-gypsum-co-11",
            "city": "Sweetwater",
            "state": "TX",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Specialty Granules Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/specialty-granules-inc",
            "city": "Annapolis",
            "state": "MO",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Barretts Minerals Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/barretts-minerals-inc-2",
            "city": "Dillon",
            "state": "MT",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "M I Swaco",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/m-i-swaco-3",
            "city": "Amelia",
            "state": "LA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Therm O Rock East Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/therm-o-rock-east-inc",
            "city": "New Eagle",
            "state": "PA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Midwest Minerals Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/midwest-minerals-inc",
            "city": "Altoona",
            "state": "KS",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Charleston Mill Service",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/charleston-mill-service",
            "city": "Huger",
            "state": "SC",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Huttig Building Products Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/huttig-building-products-inc-3",
            "city": "Hooksett",
            "state": "NH",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 104,
    "email_contact_count": 60,
    "phone_count": 118,
    "website_count": 121,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3295/minerals-earths-ground-treated",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3295.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}