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 | Oil Shale or Tar Sands | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone | Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone | United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Alaska) | United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Hawaii) | United States Exclusive Economic Zone | French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone | Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (Line Islands) | |
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Arizona | 3.34% | 9.37% | 6.97% | 0.448% | 4.52% | |||||||||||
Utah | 17.2% | 20.8% | 13.7% | 0.313% | 0.420% | 49.5% | ||||||||||
Yukon | 0.923% | 99.0% | ||||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Idaho | 0.772% | 13.8% | 28.4% | 8.83% | 44.9% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 17.2% | 33.7% | 40.5% | 8.46% | ||||||||||||
Vermont | 7.27% | 88.3% | 4.41% | |||||||||||||
Wyoming | 9.99% | 21.7% | 0.541% | 70.3% | ||||||||||||
Montana | 28.7% | 2.60% | 14.6% | 5.24% | 35.2% | |||||||||||
North Dakota | 7.38% | 3.22% | 4.45% | 0.249% | 9.67% | 36.7% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 76.6% | 17.7% | 5.68% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 4.25% | 59.9% | 2.62% | 2.54% | 2.67% | 0.868% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 74.5% | 1.57% | 23.9% | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 63.6% | 17.6% | 14.6% | |||||||||||||
Nebraska | 0.605% | 3.54% | 22.3% | 73.5% | ||||||||||||
Missouri | 45.5% | 14.9% | 0.131% | 5.37% | ||||||||||||
New Mexico | 30.3% | 0.128% | 7.32% | 21.7% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 0.176% | 1.82% | 13.8% | 68.4% | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5.67% | 25.0% | 40.8% | 9.68% | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 56.0% | 3.00% | 4.63% | 9.70% | |||||||||||
Alberta | 10.6% | 3.52% | 56.8% | 0.267% | 4.01% | 3.67% | 11.4% | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 1.42% | 27.8% | 49.9% | 3.96% | |||||||||||
Colorado | 0.795% | 9.40% | 85.2% | |||||||||||||
Nevada | 8.21% | 0.731% | 1.40% | 0.413% | 2.80% | 24.0% | ||||||||||
Manitoba | 0.656% | 83.1% | 11.7% | 2.04% | 1.39% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 11.4% | 5.60% | 4.28% | 17.9% | 30.0% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 90.1% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 12.6% | 46.8% | 33.2% | 6.01% | ||||||||||||
South Dakota | 32.7% | 3.47% | 37.3% | 22.0% | ||||||||||||
Ohio | 3.42% | 0.721% | 29.0% | |||||||||||||
Indiana | 0.434% | 1.19% | 8.61% | 4.78% | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 21.0% | 3.81% | 13.1% | 23.4% | 22.0% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 26.6% | 12.5% | 44.0% | 16.3% | 0.628% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 30.9% | 0.187% | 44.1% | 9.75% | ||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.132% | 87.9% | 0.193% | 0.154% | 1.32% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.342% | 3.62% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 10.4% | 12.0% | 0.279% | 0.266% | 0.590% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0.183% | 86.5% | 6.09% | |||||||||||||
Washington | 72.6% | 3.37% | 5.42% | 0.287% | 6.53% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.979% | 18.2% | ||||||||||||||
Maine | 94.9% | 2.65% | 0.228% | 0.817% | ||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.182% | 80.1% | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 11.9% | 0.775% | 16.4% | 1.64% | ||||||||||||
Delaware | 0.105% | 37.7% | 61.1% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.5% | |||||||||||||||
Texas | 4.07% | 3.41% | 2.84% | 1.94% | 22.5% | 2.71% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 54.5% | 20.6% | 5.75% | |||||||||||||
Hawaii | 7.82% | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.116% | 12.2% | 54.7% | 3.14% | 0.982% | |||||||||||
Oregon | 14.3% | 48.2% | 11.8% | 4.82% | 0.772% | 0.847% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 99.5% | |||||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 92.6% | 5.45% | 0.987% | ||||||||||||
British Columbia | 92.0% | 1.55% | 0.285% | |||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 74.5% | |||||||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.162% | 3.07% | 94.0% | 1.76% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 0.748% | 24.6% | 36.2% | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 0.460% | 29.6% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 1.35% | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.206% | 0.166% | 33.6% | 8.30% | 30.7% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 8.71% | 47.0% | 37.9% | |||||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 25.4% | 5.89% | 56.3% | 5.19% | 0.401% | ||||||||||
Maryland | 0.151% | 4.45% | 64.3% | 1.05% | 8.49% | |||||||||||
Québec | 99.1% | 0.240% | ||||||||||||||
Ontario | 97.2% | 1.67% | 1.13% | |||||||||||||
California | 0.688% | 12.5% | 0.232% | 17.8% | 2.26% | 1.00% | ||||||||||