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 | Less than 20°F | 20–29°F | 30–39°F | 40–49°F | 50–54°F | 55–59°F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | ||||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | |||||||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | |||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | |||||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | |||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | |||||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | |||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | |||||||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 32.8% | 60.8% | 2.30% | |||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 93.9% | 5.41% | |||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 14.7% | 56.6% | 21.0% | 7.07% | ||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 84.3% | 6.93% | |||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.92% | |||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 99.7% | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 29.2% | 45.9% | 22.8% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 99.5% | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 3.74% | 91.2% | |||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 20.5% | 1.66% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 99.1% | |||||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 21.7% | 78.0% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 67.8% | 31.4% | |||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 10.9% | 44.9% | 29.3% | 14.1% | ||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 80.4% | 18.4% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 61.7% | 37.9% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 84.2% | 3.43% | |||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 27.3% | 19.8% | 23.7% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 29.3% | 1.30% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 81.8% | 1.03% | |||||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 96.6% | 3.36% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 99.5% | |||||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 73.8% | 25.8% | |||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 41.6% | 58.3% | ||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 98.1% | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 99.4% | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Nevada | 73.6% | 6.36% | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 98.2% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 26.7% | 54.5% | 18.7% | ||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 96.9% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 34.3% | 32.0% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 17.8% | 81.3% | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 100% | ||||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 10.8% | 23.3% | 1.46% | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 79.0% | 21.0% | |||||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 96.3% | 3.50% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 92.1% | 7.40% | |||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 100% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 100% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 94.0% | 5.95% | |||||||||||
0.16.0