SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SMITH BILLY RAY (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC. 8490 PROGRESS DRIVE (Street) FREDERICK MD 21701 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC. [ SLCA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP & President, Oil & Gas	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	20,309(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Smith was promoted to Senior Vice President and President, Oil & Gas on January 1, 2018. He previously was granted shares of restricted stock on April 1, 2017 that vest ratably on April 1, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Remarks:

Exhibit: Power of Attorney

	/s/ Sean J Klein by Power of Attorney	01/05/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Christine C. Marshall and Sean J. Klein,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of U.S. Silica Holdings,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by any of the attorneys-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor any of the attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of
the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby
ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of such attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 2nd day of January, 2018.


/s/ Billy Ray Smith
Name: Billy Ray Smith
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