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Get PricePublished by The Heartland Institute Hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production has dramatically increased the demand for industrial silica sand known as frac sand available in great abundance in the Upper Midwest As new sand mines and processing facilities are proposed the policymakers and citizens of counties with frac sand resources are being asked to evaluate the
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Get PriceSilica sand mining has minimal environmental impact involves virtually no public health risk and is an important part of domestic energy production that has substantial economic benefits Heartland Policy Study No 137 Environmental Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand Frac Sand Mining documents the following facts
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Get PriceQuartz silica sand is a hard wear resistant and chemically stable silicate mineral Its main mineral component is SiO2 The color of quartz sand is milky white or colorless and translucent with a hardness of 7 which is brittle and has no cleavage Shaped fracture grease luster density bulk density 1 20 mesh is 20 200 mesh
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