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 | Iron Ore Mines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | ||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | ||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | |||||||
Idaho | 1 | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | |||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | |||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | ||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | ||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
West Virginia | 4 | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | ||||||||
Oregon | 2 | ||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
New Mexico | 7 | ||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | |||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | |||||||
Alberta | 9 | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | ||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | ||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | ||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | ||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | ||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | ||||||||
Utah | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 1 | |||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 1 | |||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 13 | |||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
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