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 | Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks | 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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Michigan | 3.89% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.67% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 1.15% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 1.28% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 17.2% | ||||||||
Kansas | 8.84% | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 7.62% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 0.744% | ||||||||
Illinois | 4.93% | ||||||||
Alaska | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | |||||||||
Florida | 8.54% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | |||||||||
Washington | |||||||||
Nunavut | |||||||||
Maine | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | |||||||||
Virginia | 15.1% | ||||||||
Delaware | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | |||||||||
Texas | 2.21% | ||||||||
Louisiana | |||||||||
Hawaii | |||||||||
North Carolina | |||||||||
Oregon | |||||||||
New Brunswick | |||||||||
Alabama | 1.64% | ||||||||
British Columbia | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||||
New Jersey | |||||||||
South Carolina | |||||||||
Connecticut | |||||||||
Massachusetts | |||||||||
Georgia | 5.65% | ||||||||
New York | 4.91% | ||||||||
Maryland | |||||||||
Québec | |||||||||
Ontario | |||||||||
California | |||||||||
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