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 | Oil Slicks (1990s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michigan | 3.89% | ||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | ||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | ||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | ||||||
Québec | 1.05% | ||||||
California | 0.884% | ||||||
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | 0.113% | ||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | 0.837% | ||||
New Hampshire | 57.6% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 95.0% | ||||||
Vermont | 5.93% | ||||||
Washington | 1.71% | 0.496% | |||||
Maine | 1.41% | 5.06% | |||||
Kentucky | 39.9% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | 1.05% | |||||
Virginia | 1.95% | 62.1% | |||||
Delaware | 0.888% | 99.3% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | 0.308% | |||||
Mississippi | 29.7% | ||||||
West Virginia | 3.63% | ||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 19.3% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | 89.8% | ||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | 1.73% | |||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 16.0% | |||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 8.82% | |||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | 0.210% | |||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | 99.2% | |||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 24.2% | |||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | 98.1% | ||||
Georgia | 0.104% | ||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | 26.9% | ||||
Maryland | 1.35% | 76.4% | |||||
Tennessee | 1.03% | ||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | 2.30% | |||||
Arkansas | 0.397% | ||||||
Ohio | 18.7% | ||||||
Indiana | 44.2% | ||||||
Illinois | 6.79% | ||||||
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