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 | Deforestation: Net Loss, 2000-2015 | |
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Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||||||
North Dakota | 38 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 0.337% | ||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | 0.145% | ||||||||
Utah | 2 | 4.63% | |||||||||
Yukon | 0.118% | ||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | 0.484% | |||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 31 | 6 | 0.478% | ||||||
Idaho | 1 | 1.82% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | 83.9% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 91.7% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | 87.9% | |||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 1 | 0.128% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 15 | 3 | 0.808% | ||||||||
Montana | 8 | 4 | 0.151% | ||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 0.508% | |||||||||
Kentucky | 87 | 26 | 2 | 3.30% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 3.64% | |||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 28 | 8 | 0.306% | |||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 3 | 6.18% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 3.20% | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 0.214% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0.421% | ||||||
West Virginia | 4 | 88.6% | |||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | 0.168% | ||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0.839% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 93 | 15 | 2 | 6.16% | |||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 3.86% | |||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 54 | 12 | 0.384% | |||||||
Oregon | 2 | 0.231% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | 0.816% | |||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 149 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 2.11% | |||||
New Mexico | 7 | 0.102% | |||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0.558% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | 0.624% | ||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | 0.214% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | 0.149% | |||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | 71.9% | |||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | 0.167% | ||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | 0.107% | |||||||
Alberta | 9 | 0.236% | |||||||||
Connecticut | 95.3% | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | 90.6% | |||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | 0.113% | ||||||||
Nevada | 0.466% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | 80.4% | ||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | 0.277% | |||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | 0.152% | ||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | 0.251% | |||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | 0.164% | |||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.751% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 38.0% | ||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | 0.276% | |||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | 0.128% | |||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | 1.01% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | 0.617% | |||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | 0.611% | |||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1.55% | |||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | 1.29% | |||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | 0.109% | ||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | 5.93% | |||||||
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