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 | Origin of International Migrants Residing in Brazil, 2020 | Origin of International Migrants Residing in Brazil, 2020 | Origin of International Migrants Residing in Brazil, 2020 | |
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Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | ||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | ||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | ||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
Utah | 2 | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
Mississippi | 162 | 45 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska | 67 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 193 | 46 | 7 | |||||||||
Missouri | 95 | 36 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 32 | 11 | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 1 | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 46 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 20 | 3 | ||||||||||
Alberta | 9 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 31 | 3 | ||||||||||
Colorado | 25 | 3 | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Georgia | 90 | 31 | 4 | ||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 17 | 1 | |||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | 30 | 1 | ||||||||||
Manitoba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 104 | 29 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||
Tennessee | 82 | 27 | 8 | ||||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 46 | 1 | ||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 3 | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 105 | 23 | 4 | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 47 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
Ohio | 42 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
Indiana | 58 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 60 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||
Iowa | 86 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Illinois | 108 | 21 | 6 | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 1 | |||||||||
Kansas | 82 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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