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 | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | |
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Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 0.132% | 87.9% | 0.193% | 0.154% | 1.32% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 3.34% | 9.37% | 6.97% | 0.448% | 4.52% | ||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 20.8% | 13.7% | 0.313% | 0.420% | 49.5% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 0.923% | 99.0% | |||||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 0.342% | 3.62% | ||||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 10.4% | 12.0% | 0.279% | 0.266% | 0.590% | ||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 0.772% | 13.8% | 28.4% | 8.83% | 44.9% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 17.2% | 33.7% | 40.5% | 8.46% | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0.183% | 86.5% | 6.09% | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 7.27% | 88.3% | 4.41% | |||||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 72.6% | 3.37% | 5.42% | 0.287% | 6.53% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 21.7% | 0.541% | 70.3% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | 0.979% | 18.2% | ||||||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 28.7% | 2.60% | 14.6% | 5.24% | 35.2% | ||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 94.9% | 2.65% | 0.228% | 0.817% | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 7.38% | 3.22% | 4.45% | 0.249% | 9.67% | 36.7% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 76.6% | 17.7% | 5.68% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 0.182% | 80.1% | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 11.9% | 0.775% | 16.4% | 1.64% | ||||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 0.105% | 37.7% | 61.1% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 98.5% | |||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 4.25% | 59.9% | 2.62% | 2.54% | 2.67% | 0.868% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 74.5% | 1.57% | 23.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 63.6% | 17.6% | 14.6% | |||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 0.605% | 3.54% | 22.3% | 73.5% | ||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 4.07% | 3.41% | 2.84% | 1.94% | 22.5% | 2.71% | |||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 45.5% | 14.9% | 0.131% | 5.37% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 54.5% | 20.6% | 5.75% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 7.82% | |||||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 0.116% | 12.2% | 54.7% | 3.14% | 0.982% | |||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 14.3% | 48.2% | 11.8% | 4.82% | 0.772% | 0.847% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 99.5% | |||||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 92.6% | 5.45% | 0.987% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 30.3% | 0.128% | 7.32% | 21.7% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0.176% | 1.82% | 13.8% | 68.4% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 5.67% | 25.0% | 40.8% | 9.68% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 92.0% | 1.55% | 0.285% | ||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 74.5% | |||||||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 0.162% | 3.07% | 94.0% | 1.76% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 0.748% | 24.6% | 36.2% | ||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 56.0% | 3.00% | 4.63% | 9.70% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 3.52% | 56.8% | 0.267% | 4.01% | 3.67% | 11.4% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 0.460% | 29.6% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 1.35% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 1.42% | 27.8% | 49.9% | 3.96% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 0.795% | 9.40% | 85.2% | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 8.21% | 0.731% | 1.40% | 0.413% | 2.80% | 24.0% | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 0.206% | 0.166% | 33.6% | 8.30% | 30.7% | ||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 8.71% | 47.0% | 37.9% | |||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 25.4% | 5.89% | 56.3% | 5.19% | 0.401% | ||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 0.151% | 4.45% | 64.3% | 1.05% | 8.49% | |||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 99.1% | 0.240% | ||||||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.656% | 83.1% | 11.7% | 2.04% | 1.39% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 11.4% | 5.60% | 4.28% | 17.9% | 30.0% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 90.1% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 97.2% | 1.67% | 1.13% | |||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 0.688% | 12.5% | 0.232% | 17.8% | 2.26% | 1.00% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 12.6% | 46.8% | 33.2% | 6.01% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 32.7% | 3.47% | 37.3% | 22.0% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3.42% | 0.721% | 29.0% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 0.434% | 1.19% | 8.61% | 4.78% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 21.0% | 3.81% | 13.1% | 23.4% | 22.0% | ||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 26.6% | 12.5% | 44.0% | 16.3% | 0.628% | ||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 30.9% | 0.187% | 44.1% | 9.75% | ||||||||||
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