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 | 2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 0.312% | 0.159% | 3.83% | 0.187% | |||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 4.23% | 75.1% | 13.5% | 0.123% | |||||||||
Utah | 2 | 28.9% | 4.66% | ||||||||||||
Yukon | 2.03% | 1.62% | 0.171% | 2.08% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 0.701% | 1.01% | 0.274% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 97.2% | 0.723% | |||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 20.0% | 1.27% | ||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 24.8% | 51.0% | 24.2% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 91.9% | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 5.41% | 75.7% | 16.8% | |||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 3.74% | 0.127% | 0.321% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 48.7% | 0.191% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | 0.590% | 0.103% | 0.752% | |||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 7.68% | 92.3% | |||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 3.08% | 49.6% | 46.1% | |||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1.28% | 41.6% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 2.03% | 67.9% | 1.14% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 5.47% | 9.63% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 25.3% | 22.3% | 50.6% | |||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 97.1% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 54.6% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 0.419% | 47.4% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 99.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 41.2% | 57.1% | 1.62% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 80.9% | 19.1% | ||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 45.6% | 17.8% | 36.4% | ||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 86.5% | 13.5% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 93.8% | 0.383% | ||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 0.312% | 0.691% | 0.644% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 15.5% | 22.7% | 59.6% | |||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 81.4% | 2.26% | 0.478% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 37.0% | 58.8% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 24.8% | 75.1% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 28.8% | 69.9% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 51.4% | 48.6% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 2.16% | 95.2% | 1.75% | ||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 0.679% | 0.195% | 3.52% | 0.563% | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 1.34% | 39.7% | 2.34% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 16.4% | 80.4% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 1.04% | 11.8% | 86.6% | 0.391% | |||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 0.349% | 83.9% | 12.8% | 0.190% | ||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 0.430% | 0.453% | 22.3% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 20.0% | 79.4% | |||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 20.4% | 65.0% | 0.204% | |||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 49.6% | 1.04% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 0.567% | 92.4% | |||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 3.87% | 32.8% | 55.0% | ||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 3.30% | 26.4% | 69.4% | 0.831% | ||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 4.04% | 49.6% | 0.993% | ||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 7.33% | 7.75% | 80.9% | 2.82% | ||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 0.242% | 54.2% | 0.385% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.246% | 72.5% | 23.3% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 21.8% | 70.1% | 8.07% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 5.10% | 57.9% | 31.6% | |||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 64.3% | 31.1% | ||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 6.79% | 1.42% | 0.420% | 0.348% | 1.23% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 1.84% | 28.8% | 69.4% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 8.14% | 25.3% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 96.2% | 3.80% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 71.4% | 0.711% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 1.27% | 95.8% | |||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 99.7% | 0.283% | |||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 42.1% | 1.04% | ||||||||||
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