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 | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Consolidated rock aquifers | Combination aquifers | Productive aquifers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | ||||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 5.15% | ||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 2.03% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 83.0% | ||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 37.6% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 55.6% | ||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 25.3% | 1.48% | |||||||
Idaho | 1 | 1.85% | 6.13% | ||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 1.17% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 3.58% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | 2.51% | |||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3.00% | 6.69% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 8.30% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 29.2% | |||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 8.27% | |||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 98.6% | ||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 77.5% | |||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 11.0% | |||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 99.6% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 1.96% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 75.9% | |||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 27.0% | ||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 56.4% | ||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 98.6% | |||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 7.59% | |||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 1.21% | 1.53% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 50.2% | |||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 4.32% | |||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 4.90% | 2.15% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1.62% | 5.11% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 12.5% | 1.43% | |||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 59.8% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 5.25% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 58.8% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 30.0% | 2.54% | |||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 16.1% | 16.3% | ||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 6.33% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 2.14% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 11.6% | |||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 2.33% | 2.58% | |||||||||
Nevada | 1.63% | 2.87% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 2.57% | 17.9% | ||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 3.15% | ||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 34.3% | |||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 1.02% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.62% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1.97% | 2.69% | |||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 17.6% | |||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 5.05% | |||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 4.23% | 1.35% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 15.9% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 10.3% | 6.62% | ||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 15.0% | |||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 11.6% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 2.27% | 3.62% | |||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2.05% | ||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 33.0% | 3.68% | ||||||||
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