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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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% | |||||
Texas | 0.242% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.456% | 1.85% | ||||
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% | |||||
California | 0.884% | |||||
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