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 | Major Manufacturing Regions | 100 and above | 81–100 | 71–80 | 61–70 | 51–60 | 41–50 | 31–40 | 21–30 | 11–20 | 6–10 | 2–5 | 1 and below | Cobalt | |
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Yukon | 7.00% | 59.8% | 26.1% | 7.10% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 5.77% | 26.0% | 42.2% | 3.09% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Florida | 1.05% | 9.02% | 56.6% | 20.8% | 3.46% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 9.56% | 94.4% | 5.56% | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 95.4% | 3.91% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5.38% | 5.86% | 13.2% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 1.70% | 21.4% | 1.54% | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 95.7% | 4.33% | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 41.2% | 58.8% | |||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 19.0% | 8.02% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | 99.2% | 99.2% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.5% | ||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 18.8% | 50.7% | 20.5% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 7.80% | 13.6% | 19.8% | 65.6% | |||||||||||
West Virginia | 97.0% | 3.04% | |||||||||||||
Nebraska | 38.0% | 62.0% | |||||||||||||
Texas | 4.52% | 1.43% | 21.8% | 34.0% | 42.5% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 41.4% | 2.08% | 60.9% | 36.6% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 25.1% | 16.4% | 81.1% | 2.09% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 31.5% | 64.2% | 2.38% | ||||||||||||
Kansas | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5.64% | 19.7% | 79.8% | ||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 2.13% | 3.18% | 1.22% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 99.7% | 28.5% | 71.2% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 4.41% | 1.10% | 75.7% | 23.2% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 7.08% | 4.25% | 65.7% | 11.8% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 2.96% | 41.2% | 52.3% | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 69.1% | 91.5% | 6.67% | ||||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 5.11% | 42.9% | 2.90% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 44.6% | 11.3% | 16.7% | 71.1% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 94.0% | 6.04% | |||||||||||||
Arkansas | 100% | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 61.9% | 38.1% | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 13.6% | 77.5% | 20.4% | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 3.18% | 1.92% | 97.6% | ||||||||||||
Iowa | 30.7% | 69.3% | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 6.47% | 38.2% | 58.7% | 3.07% | |||||||||||
Alaska | 7.66% | 55.2% | 19.9% | 23 | |||||||||||
Arizona | 8.64% | 10.8% | 6.36% | 10.3% | 8.92% | 4.76% | 2 | ||||||||
Utah | 6.90% | 15.9% | 5.97% | 2 | |||||||||||
Idaho | 5.95% | 12.1% | 9.81% | 31.7% | 39 | ||||||||||
Washington | 2.09% | 1.35% | 57.1% | 1.44% | 15 | ||||||||||
Montana | 1.73% | 42.7% | 23.7% | 7.99% | 6 | ||||||||||
Maine | 1.13% | 79.8% | 14.7% | 5.13% | 3 | ||||||||||
Virginia | 1.67% | 5.25% | 53.9% | 38.5% | 2.22% | 2 | |||||||||
Missouri | 100% | 33 | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 3.46% | 7.84% | 63.3% | 28.9% | 24 | ||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 21.3% | 14.4% | 11.5% | 12.9% | 58.4% | 2 | ||||||||
New Mexico | 3.65% | 6.22% | 12.8% | 2.01% | 14.3% | 1 | |||||||||
British Columbia | 1.59% | 35.7% | 19.7% | 2.10% | 1 | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 96.8% | 99.9% | 2 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 8.60% | 14.0% | 81.5% | 4.50% | 4 | |||||||||
Colorado | 13.8% | 53.9% | 10.3% | 3.14% | 7 | ||||||||||
Nevada | 13.2% | 33.3% | 53.5% | 8 | |||||||||||
Georgia | 16.0% | 2.02% | 11.8% | 34.0% | 52.1% | 2 | |||||||||
Québec | 9.73% | 2.25% | 18.5% | 22.7% | 14.4% | 2 | |||||||||
Manitoba | 3.86% | 21.7% | 27.1% | 47.3% | 8 | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 95.3% | 4.67% | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 2.04% | 56.2% | 35.4% | 2.08% | 39 | ||||||||||
California | 9.09% | 46.0% | 7.90% | 27.9% | 18 | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 22.5% | 75.0% | 2.49% | 1 | ||||||||||
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