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 | Settled 1750–1850 | Settled by 1750 | Settled by 1910 | |
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Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 1.44% | ||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 4.68% | 30.1% | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 35.0% | 1.81% | 44.5% | ||||||
Idaho | 1 | 17.6% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 68.1% | 28.3% | 3.60% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 2.94% | ||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 97.2% | 2.78% | ||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 1.36% | 26.5% | |||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 7.05% | ||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 22.9% | ||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 60.5% | 4.65% | 34.3% | |||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 97.5% | |||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 100% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 13.9% | 5.00% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 27.6% | 72.3% | ||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 99.6% | ||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 21.9% | |||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 19.8% | |||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 98.9% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 93.8% | 6.16% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 84.7% | |||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 22.3% | 1.00% | |||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 98.8% | 1.13% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 80.3% | 9.57% | 5.23% | |||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 58.0% | 5.50% | ||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 2.57% | 45.6% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 65.9% | 3.53% | ||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 98.2% | 1.78% | ||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 7.36% | 6.25% | 57.8% | |||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 99.9% | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 2.94% | 82.7% | |||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 1.58% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 1.24% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 1.38% | 98.3% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 49.6% | 50.3% | |||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 31.3% | 37.6% | ||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 11.0% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 82.4% | 17.6% | ||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 88.3% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 13.0% | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 10.9% | 87.0% | |||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 90.2% | 4.67% | 5.08% | |||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 83.0% | 2.86% | 3.57% | ||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 11.6% | 87.5% | ||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 3.95% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7.10% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 100% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 100% | |||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 9.16% | 1.76% | ||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 1.21% | 26.0% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 100% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 82.4% | |||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 100% | |||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 100% | |||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 2.69% | 91.1% | |||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 45.5% | 54.5% | |||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 98.6% | 1.40% | ||||||||
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