I Have a silica sand mine in central Texas and am looking for
customers for my frac sand used in the oil and gas industry or any
other use for a white silica sand.

Hi! Thanks for the question.


Please take note that before providing a rating; please ask for
clarification if you will need further assistance in the answers I
have provided below.


Let us first determine some of the uses of white silica sand aside
from oil and gas. Based on our first two links, here are the uses of
white silica sand.

- detergents
- water treatment
- glass
- petrochemicals
- industrial minerals

?Adwan Chemicals eyes growth?
http://www.oilandgasnewsworldwide.com/bkArticlesF.asp?Article=11238&Section=1388&IssueID=281


- asphalt seal coating
- mixing with mortar mix
- Portland cement
- foundry usage

?Silica Sands and Silica Quartz?
http://www.flatrockbagging.com/sand/silica.html


Our next links are websites which has lists of companies that are
potential customers for your product.

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Oil and Gas Producers (1936 companies)
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?S=TX&PS=15&R=N&CB=1&STYPE=S&CID=00000525819&PP=L&local=on&catID=12370&cbdt=Oil+%26amp%3B+Gas+Producers

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Detergent Manufacturers
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NT&which=prod&what=detergents&navsec=search&heading=22192009
(Texas North) (33 companies)

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&which=prod&what=detergents&navsec=search&heading=22192009
(Texas South) (40 companies)


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Industrial Glass (3 companies)
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&heading=34860601&sa=34661207&navsec=relpage

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NT&which=prod&what=Glass%3A+Industrial&navsec=search&heading=34860601


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Water Treatment Chemicals (48 companies) 
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&heading=13910906&sa=13910906&navsec=relpage
(48 companies)

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NT&which=prod&what=Chemicals%3A+Water+Treatment&navsec=search&heading=13910906
(41 companies)


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Petrochemicals http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&which=prod&what=petrochemicals&navsec=search&heading=57725004
 (8 companies)

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NT&which=prod&what=petrochemicals&navsec=search&heading=57725004
(3 companies)


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Portland Cement (4 companies)
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&which=prod&what=portland+cement&navsec=search&heading=12900601


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Foundry Sand (3 companies)
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NT&which=prod&what=Sand%3A+Foundry&navsec=search&heading=70335005

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=GT&which=prod&what=Sand%3A+Foundry&navsec=search&heading=70335005


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Industrial Minerals (2 companies)

Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands, Inc.
http://www.oglebaynorton.com/our_businesses/is_texas.php 

Feldspar Corporation
http://www.zemex.com/minerals/about.html


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Minerals and Ores (21 companies)
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?C=mining+companies&S=TX&R=N&STYPE=S&MC=1&OO=1&F=1&CP=Industry+%26+Agriculture%5EMinerals+%26+Mining%5EMinerals+%26+Ores


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The following product categories do not have lists for Texas. I am
including them here even though they are from different locations.

Mortar mixes (38 companies)
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NA&heading=51980803&sa=51961902&navsec=relbox

Asphalt Sealers (3 companies)
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NA&heading=73250185&sa=73250185&navsec=relpage


I tested the links for ThomasNet and they seem to work. If ever you
will have problems please follow the following instructions.

1. Go to this link: http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html?homelogo=1&navsec=header 

2. Put the specific product (ex. Detergents)

3. Then choose Texas South or Texas North in the ?Where? box. If there
is no list for Texas, choose ?All States/Provinces?.


Search strategy used:  
Searched at ThomasNet and at Superpages. Searched for ?Industrial
Minerals? at Google as well.


I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                             
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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 02 Jun 2005 20:00 PDT

Please take note that I limited the lists to texas companies except
for asphalt and mortar mixes since there are no available listings at
ThomasNet.

Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by sandman3996-ga on 07 Jun 2005 07:40 PDT

my web site is www.kossesands.com

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 07 Jun 2005 09:39 PDT

Ok thanks!

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 07 Jun 2005 09:46 PDT

Hi again and thanks for your website.

I believe I was able to answer your question successfully. Do you need
anything clarified? Or you just want to point out the website?

Thanks again!

Are you still looking for buyers?

What quanity (approx. tons) do you have ?
Do you have any testing reports, or sand analysys reports ?

Do you wish to discuss ?

Hey Sandman,

Do you still have Frac Sand that you want to sell ?

TexLandman

hey sandman,

to hell with the oil industry, how about selling to the synthetic turf guys.
football season is on the way

astroturf

Yes we have a 100 mesh frac sand we are trying to sell.
www.kossesands.com