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 | Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants | Isolated volcanic areas | Alpine system | Sedimentary covers | Laurasian shields | |
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Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 98.0% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Utah | 2 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Yukon | 99.8% | 0.165% | |||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 5.87% | 7.69% | 49.6% | 35.7% | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 98.5% | ||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | 100% | |||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 100% | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 93.3% | ||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 92.0% | 8.01% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 99.0% | ||||||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 56.0% | 44.0% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | 23.2% | 20.4% | 53.5% | |||||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 37.5% | 62.5% | |||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 99.1% | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | 96.7% | 3.34% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 100% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 93.9% | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 69.9% | 29.1% | ||||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 16.5% | 77.6% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 66.2% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 58.9% | 41.1% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 99.9% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 13.2% | 86.8% | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 6.01% | 93.7% | |||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1.58% | 98.4% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 98.5% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 76.7% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 57.9% | 40.5% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 99.0% | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 31.4% | 68.5% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 7 | 77.9% | 22.1% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 100% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 62.0% | 38.0% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 94.9% | 4.13% | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 24.3% | 74.2% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 68.7% | 27.2% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 57.0% | 42.9% | |||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 87.8% | 12.2% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | 6.99% | 87.8% | 5.22% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 26.2% | 73.8% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 64.2% | 35.8% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 93.6% | ||||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 45.5% | 54.4% | ||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 43.3% | 55.9% | |||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 48.7% | 48.4% | ||||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 3.44% | 1.99% | 94.2% | |||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30.3% | 69.6% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 10.9% | 89.1% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 16.8% | 83.2% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 30.7% | 69.2% | ||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 99.7% | ||||||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 11.0% | 89.0% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 8.10% | 79.3% | 12.6% | |||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 100% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 100% | |||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 17.0% | 83.0% | |||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 99.0% | 1.02% | |||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 100% | |||||||||||
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