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 | Less than 20°F | 20–29°F | 30–39°F | 40–49°F | 50–54°F | 55–59°F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | ||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | |||||||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | |||||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | |||||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | |||||||||||
Arizona | 32.8% | 60.8% | 2.30% | |||||||||
Utah | 93.9% | 5.41% | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 14.7% | 56.6% | 21.0% | 7.07% | ||||||
Idaho | 84.3% | 6.93% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.92% | |||||||||||
Vermont | 99.7% | |||||||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 29.2% | 45.9% | 22.8% | ||||||||
Wyoming | 100% | |||||||||||
Montana | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Maine | 1.41% | 99.5% | ||||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 3.74% | 91.2% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 20.5% | 1.66% | |||||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 99.1% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 21.7% | 78.0% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 67.8% | 31.4% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 10.9% | 44.9% | 29.3% | 14.1% | |||||||
Missouri | 80.4% | 18.4% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 61.7% | 37.9% | ||||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 84.2% | 3.43% | |||||||||
Oregon | 27.3% | 19.8% | 23.7% | |||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 29.3% | 1.30% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 81.8% | 1.03% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 96.6% | 3.36% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 99.5% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 73.8% | 25.8% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 41.6% | 58.3% | |||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 98.1% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 99.4% | ||||||||||
Colorado | 100% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 73.6% | 6.36% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 98.2% | |||||||||
Georgia | 26.7% | 54.5% | 18.7% | |||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 96.9% | |||||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 34.3% | 32.0% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 17.8% | 81.3% | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||||||
California | 0.884% | 10.8% | 23.3% | 1.46% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 79.0% | 21.0% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Ohio | 96.3% | 3.50% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 92.1% | 7.40% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 100% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 94.0% | 5.95% | ||||||||||
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