A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants | Isolated volcanic areas | Alpine system | Sedimentary covers | Laurasian shields | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 98.0% | |||||
Arizona | 2 | 100% | ||||
Utah | 4 | 100% | ||||
Yukon | 99.8% | 0.165% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 5.87% | 7.69% | 49.6% | 35.7% | ||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||
Florida | 98.5% | |||||
Idaho | 2 | 100% | ||||
New Hampshire | 100% | |||||
Rhode Island | 93.3% | |||||
Vermont | 92.0% | 8.01% | ||||
Washington | 99.0% | |||||
Wyoming | 1 | 56.0% | 44.0% | |||
Nunavut | 23.2% | 20.4% | 53.5% | |||
Montana | 2 | 37.5% | 62.5% | |||
Maine | 99.1% | |||||
North Dakota | 96.7% | 3.34% | ||||
Kentucky | 100% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 93.9% | |||||
Virginia | 69.9% | 29.1% | ||||
Delaware | 16.5% | 77.6% | ||||
Prince Edward Island | 66.2% | |||||
Saskatchewan | 58.9% | 41.1% | ||||
Mississippi | 99.9% | |||||
West Virginia | 13.2% | 86.8% | ||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||
Texas | 6 | 6.01% | 93.7% | |||
Missouri | 1 | 1.58% | 98.4% | |||
Louisiana | 98.5% | |||||
Hawaii | 76.7% | |||||
North Carolina | 57.9% | 40.5% | ||||
Oregon | 3 | 99.9% | ||||
New Brunswick | 99.0% | |||||
Alabama | 31.4% | 68.5% | ||||
New Mexico | 1 | 77.9% | 22.1% | |||
Kansas | 100% | |||||
Wisconsin | 62.0% | 38.0% | ||||
British Columbia | 94.9% | 4.13% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.3% | 74.2% | ||||
New Jersey | 68.7% | 27.2% | ||||
South Carolina | 57.0% | 42.9% | ||||
Michigan | 87.8% | 12.2% | ||||
Alberta | 6.99% | 87.8% | 5.22% | |||
Connecticut | 100% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 26.2% | 73.8% | ||||
Colorado | 64.2% | 35.8% | ||||
Nevada | 1 | 100% | ||||
Massachusetts | 93.6% | |||||
Georgia | 45.5% | 54.4% | ||||
New York | 43.3% | 55.9% | ||||
Maryland | 48.7% | 48.4% | ||||
Québec | 3.44% | 1.99% | 94.2% | |||
Manitoba | 30.3% | 69.6% | ||||
Oklahoma | 10.9% | 89.1% | ||||
Tennessee | 16.8% | 83.2% | ||||
Ontario | 30.7% | 69.2% | ||||
California | 3 | 99.7% | ||||
Arkansas | 11.0% | 89.0% | ||||
South Dakota | 8.10% | 79.3% | 12.6% | |||
Ohio | 100% | |||||
Indiana | 100% | |||||
Minnesota | 17.0% | 83.0% | ||||
Iowa | 99.0% | 1.02% | ||||
Illinois | 100% | |||||
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