Major Iron-Producing Areas in North America
North AmericaEconomicLocations of major iron-producing areas in North America
USGSA world map shows major iron-producing areas (shaded red) in North America. In Canada: eastern Quebec near Labrador, Vancouver Island, and British Columbia. In the United States: Northern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Minnesota.
Major Iron-Producing Areas in North America | Abyssal clay | Calcareous ooze | Continental (lithogenous) | Diatom | Radiolarian | Herder's Environment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 1.64% | ||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | ||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | ||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | ||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | |||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | ||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | |||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | |||||
Maryland | 1.35% | ||||||
California | 0.884% | ||||||
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 0.152% | ||||
Arizona | 20.9% | ||||||
Utah | 84.5% | ||||||
Yukon | 100% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 0.300% | |||||
Idaho | 88.8% | ||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 0.612% | |||||
Wyoming | 100% | ||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | 0.580% | |||||
Montana | 100% | ||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 11.9% | |||||
North Dakota | 33.5% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | ||||||
Nebraska | 99.5% | ||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 39.6% | |||||
Missouri | 14.4% | ||||||
Oregon | 3.11% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 11.5% | |||||
New Mexico | 96.3% | ||||||
Kansas | 98.4% | ||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 0.210% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 24.2% | |||||
Alberta | 100% | ||||||
Colorado | 100% | ||||||
Nevada | 1.83% | ||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 0.452% | |||||
Manitoba | 99.9% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 48.3% | ||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 77.4% | |||||
South Dakota | 27.8% | ||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 6.88% | |||||
Iowa | 29.4% | ||||||
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