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 | Lightning Frequency | <0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.2 flashes/km²/year | 0.4 flashes/km²/year | 0.6 flashes/km²/year | 0.8 flashes/km²/year | 1 flash/km²/year | 2 flashes/km²/year | 4 flashes/km²/year | 6 flashes/km²/year | 8 flashes/km²/year | 10 flashes/km²/year | 20 flashes/km²/year | 30 flashes/km²/year | Acid Rain | Polluted air emissions leading to acid rain | |
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Alaska | 6.63% | 1.78% | 25.5% | 0.226% | 5.17% | |||||||||||||
Arizona | 1.13% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 37.0% | 18.2% | |||||||||||||
Utah | 22.2% | 65.3% | 0.130% | |||||||||||||||
Yukon | 2.57% | 1.17% | 39.3% | 42.1% | 0.676% | 0.532% | 2.01% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 10.4% | 11.3% | 1.93% | 1.61% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 4.36% | 8.69% | ||||||||||
Idaho | 8.51% | 90.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Nunavut | 41.3% | 36.7% | 7.71% | 1.80% | 1.53% | 0.139% | ||||||||||||
Hawaii | 0.113% | 0.444% | 32.9% | 60.0% | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 7.94% | 33.3% | 53.7% | |||||||||||||||
British Columbia | 1.64% | 6.95% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 4.57% | 5.28% | 0.164% | 6.19% | ||||||||||
Alberta | 22.8% | 73.1% | 3.13% | |||||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.168% | 52.7% | 47.1% | 98.8% | ||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 77.0% | 23.0% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 100% | 92.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4.97% | 95.0% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Washington | 1.04% | 10.6% | 19.8% | 20.2% | 12.1% | 35.6% | 0.648% | 3.59% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 48.7% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 7.61% | 29.2% | ||||||||||||
Montana | 1.84% | 16.7% | 6.56% | 12.0% | 2.35% | 29.3% | ||||||||||||
Maine | 5.45% | 71.9% | 99.2% | |||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 5.40% | 24.2% | 48.6% | 17.6% | 36.8% | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | 24.3% | 75.7% | |||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 8.11% | 10.6% | 36.1% | 17.3% | 27.8% | 17.9% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 0.585% | 33.4% | 66.0% | 99.4% | ||||||||||||||
Delaware | 1.09% | 21.6% | 74.1% | 3.24% | 98.6% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 2.52% | 8.96% | 20.3% | 68.2% | 93.0% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.267% | 0.717% | 31.5% | 16.7% | 3.54% | 1.42% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 53.6% | 46.4% | 21.0% | 78.9% | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 90.8% | 9.25% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2.93% | 89.3% | 7.74% | 98.1% | ||||||||||||||
Texas | 1.17% | 8.70% | 65.9% | 24.2% | 0.245% | |||||||||||||
Missouri | 97.2% | 2.76% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 100% | 8.21% | 33.5% | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 100% | 99.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0.565% | 3.81% | 5.52% | 5.86% | 3.52% | 49.6% | 23.8% | 52.1% | ||||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.276% | 0.234% | 58.0% | 2.23% | ||||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | 41.8% | 58.2% | 82.1% | 17.8% | |||||||||||||
Kansas | 96.1% | 3.88% | 63.2% | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0.368% | 53.9% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 3.74% | 36.3% | 63.1% | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.05% | 7.84% | 8.94% | 30.5% | 12.3% | 3.57% | 0.308% | 24.5% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | 9.73% | 90.3% | 98.5% | |||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 85.1% | 14.9% | 99.8% | |||||||||||||||
Michigan | 3.89% | 1.83% | 31.7% | 16.4% | 14.6% | 8.66% | 27.7% | 69.7% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 77.5% | 20.8% | 1.09% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | 7.74% | 34.9% | 57.3% | 99.3% | 0.676% | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 3.18% | 32.7% | 15.2% | 10.5% | 30.1% | 8.34% | 1.17% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 1.83% | 39.4% | 47.0% | 11.8% | 44.1% | |||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 2.27% | 79.0% | 18.5% | 96.4% | ||||||||||||||
Georgia | 48.4% | 51.6% | 99.8% | |||||||||||||||
New York | 4.91% | 16.1% | 65.1% | 18.0% | 0.137% | 2.48% | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 2.23% | 17.7% | 58.3% | 21.7% | 97.6% | |||||||||||||
Québec | 11.0% | 4.90% | 11.5% | 3.83% | 3.39% | 3.67% | 19.7% | 17.8% | 0.183% | 0.466% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 2.65% | 4.40% | 2.91% | 25.0% | 48.7% | 10.4% | 0.172% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 64.4% | 35.6% | 27.0% | |||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | 36.3% | 63.7% | |||||||||||||||
Ontario | 2.58% | 3.28% | 0.872% | 19.2% | 2.31% | 2.14% | 0.326% | 0.285% | 33.3% | 13.7% | ||||||||
California | 2.29% | 10.6% | 16.3% | 5.69% | 2.96% | 35.4% | 15.6% | 1.52% | 95.7% | |||||||||
Arkansas | 15.7% | 84.3% | 100% | |||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 2.09% | 52.0% | 45.9% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Ohio | 23.4% | 76.6% | 18.8% | 81.1% | ||||||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | 13.4% | 3.05% | 20.4% | 21.8% | 9.11% | 94.8% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 5.30% | 6.65% | 14.4% | 73.6% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 1.50% | 98.5% | 100% |
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