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 | Regions of Weaker-Performing Cities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | ||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||
Maine | 1.41% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | ||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | ||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | ||||||
Texas | 0.242% | ||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | ||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | ||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | |||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | |||||
Maryland | 1.35% | ||||||
Québec | 1.05% | ||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | ||||||
Arizona | 65.7% | ||||||
Utah | 7.30% | ||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 98.0% | ||||
Washington | 1.71% | 11.4% | |||||
Kentucky | 23.6% | ||||||
Mississippi | 16.0% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 19.2% | ||||
Oregon | 69.4% | ||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 33.3% | |||||
Wisconsin | 51.5% | ||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 52.9% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 6.30% | |||||
Nevada | 85.0% | ||||||
Georgia | 32.1% | ||||||
California | 0.884% | 99.6% | |||||
Ohio | 60.8% | ||||||
Indiana | 56.0% | ||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 10.2% | |||||
Illinois | 11.9% | ||||||
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