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 Heavy Groundwater Extraction | Denver Basin | |
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Alabama | 1.64% | |||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | |||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | |||||||
Alaska | 4.76% | 0.351% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | |||||||
Florida | 0.488% | 2.42% | ||||||
Washington | 1.71% | |||||||
Nunavut | 7.75% | |||||||
Maine | 1.41% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 12.7% | |||||||
Virginia | 1.95% | |||||||
Delaware | 0.888% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 100% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | ||||||
Hawaii | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | |||||
New Brunswick | 1.14% | |||||||
British Columbia | 2.00% | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4.95% | |||||||
New Jersey | 0.212% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 0.884% | 11.7% | ||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.58% | ||||||
Maryland | 1.35% | |||||||
Québec | 1.05% | |||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | |||||||
Arizona | 1 | |||||||
Texas | 0.242% | 2 | ||||||
North Carolina | 0.789% | 1 | ||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | 1 | ||||||
Colorado | 1 | |||||||
Oklahoma | 1 | |||||||
California | 0.884% | 1 | ||||||
Arkansas | 1 | |||||||
Illinois | 1 |
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