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 | High | 80 and over inches | 60–79 inches | 40–59 inches | 20–39 inches | 10–19 inches | Under 10 inches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.389% | 0.159% | 0.114% | 39.7% | 25.1% | |||
Arizona | 48.7% | 3.90% | ||||||
Utah | 1 | 52.3% | 8.61% | |||||
Yukon | 3.35% | 17.0% | 71.1% | 8.49% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 53.7% | 0.342% | ||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||
Florida | 6.59% | 0.114% | ||||||
Idaho | 22.8% | 66.2% | 10.9% | |||||
New Hampshire | 82.5% | 17.5% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 3.94% | |||||||
Vermont | 0.378% | 99.6% | ||||||
Washington | 0.217% | 20.8% | 35.5% | 3.68% | ||||
Wyoming | 94.9% | 5.08% | ||||||
Nunavut | 1.91% | 11.2% | 0.496% | |||||
Montana | 2.47% | 97.5% | ||||||
Maine | 0.284% | 76.3% | ||||||
North Dakota | 3.12% | 96.9% | ||||||
Kentucky | 99.1% | 0.934% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.183% | |||||||
Virginia | 91.0% | 8.86% | ||||||
Delaware | 99.1% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 98.4% | |||||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | |||||||
Mississippi | 23.9% | 76.0% | ||||||
West Virginia | 78.4% | 21.6% | ||||||
Nebraska | 62.3% | 37.7% | ||||||
Texas | 22.8% | 54.5% | 22.2% | 0.422% | ||||
Missouri | 75.4% | 24.6% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.204% | 57.2% | ||||||
Hawaii | 58.7% | |||||||
North Carolina | 1.70% | 0.120% | ||||||
Oregon | 23.8% | 6.51% | 41.2% | 0.940% | ||||
New Brunswick | 23.7% | 0.147% | ||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 9.73% | 69.9% | |||||
New Mexico | 80.4% | 19.5% | ||||||
Kansas | 17.1% | 78.3% | 4.62% | |||||
Wisconsin | 100% | |||||||
British Columbia | 0.306% | 0.252% | 17.8% | 43.0% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 21.6% | 3.34% | 0.586% | |||||
New Jersey | 99.7% | |||||||
South Carolina | 7.80% | 92.1% | ||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 100% | ||||||
Alberta | 8.49% | 91.5% | ||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 59.2% | 40.8% | |||||
Colorado | 11.2% | 88.8% | ||||||
Nevada | 0.983% | 29.3% | 69.7% | |||||
Massachusetts | 0.195% | 8.01% | ||||||
Georgia | 33.6% | 66.3% | ||||||
New York | 4.91% | 2.89% | 61.4% | |||||
Maryland | 0.157% | 7.94% | ||||||
Québec | 0.475% | 72.8% | 16.1% | |||||
Manitoba | 4.00% | 96.0% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 36.1% | 61.0% | 2.99% | |||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||
Ontario | 94.0% | 6.00% | ||||||
California | 4.72% | 56.2% | 31.3% | 1.42% | ||||
Arkansas | 100% | |||||||
South Dakota | 18.0% | 82.0% | ||||||
Ohio | 32.0% | 68.0% | ||||||
Indiana | 25.2% | 74.8% | ||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 100% | ||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||
Illinois | 23.9% | 76.1% | ||||||
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