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Nitrate Mines

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The world's nitrate mines

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.

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	Nitrate Mines	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	AES Deepwater Oil Plant TX USA	Baxter Wilson Oil Plant MS USA	Bayboro Oil Plant FL USA	Benning Oil Plant DC USA	Blue Lake Oil Plant MN USA	Bowline Point Oil Plant NY USA	Burlington Oil Plant CO USA	Burnside Combustion Turbines Generating Station Canada	Buzzard Point Oil Plant DC USA	Buzzard Roost Oil Plant SC USA	Canal Oil Plant MA USA	Chillicothe Oil Plant MO USA	Cleary Flood Oil Plant MA USA	Commonwealth Chesapeake Oil Plant VA USA	Courtney Bay Oil Power Plant Canada (Shutdown)	Croydon CT Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Dalhousie Oil Power Station Canada	Darbytown Oil Plant VA USA	DeBary Oil Plant FL USA	Delaware Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Devon Station Oil Plant CT USA	Edgewater Oil Plant OH USA	ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Oil Plant TX USA	Fermi Oil Plant MI USA	Frederickson Oil Plant WA USA	G E Turner Oil Plant FL USA	Gerald Andrus Oil Plant MS USA	Gravel Neck Oil Plant VA USA	Hay Road CCGT Power Plant DE USA	Holtsville Oil Plant NY USA	Holyrood Thermal Generating Station Canada	Honolulu Oil Plant HI USA	Indian River Oil Plant FL USA	Intercession City Oil Plant FL USA	Jones Street Oil Plant NE USA	Kalaeola Cogen Plant Oil Plant HI USA	Kemper County Oil Plant MS USA	Lagoon Creek Oil Plant TN USA	Lincoln Combustion Oil Plant NC USA	Maalaea Oil Plant HI USA	Manatee Oil Plant FL USA	Marshalltown Oil Plant IA USA	Martin Oil Plant FL USA	McKee Run Oil Plant DE USA	McManus Oil Plant GA USA	Miami Wabash Oil Plant IN USA	Middletown Oil Plant CT USA	Millbank OCGT Generating Station Canada	Millinocket Mill Oil Plant ME USA	Montville Station Oil Plant CT USA	Myrtle Beach Oil Plant SC USA	Newington Oil Plant NH USA	North Pole Oil Plant AK USA	Northeast Oil Plant MO USA	Northport Oil Plant NY USA	Northside Generating Station Oil Plant FL USA	Oakland Power Plant Oil Plant CA USA	Oswego Harbor Power Oil Plant NY USA	P L Bartow Oil Plant FL USA	Panda Brandywine LP Oil Plant MD USA	Parkdale Oil Plant TX USA	Point Beach Oil Plant WI USA	Port Everglades Oil Plant FL USA	Potter Station 2 Oil Plant MA USA	PPL Shoreham Energy LLC Oil Plant NY USA	PSEG Albany Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Richmond Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Riviera Oil Plant FL USA	Roseton Generating Station Oil Plant NY USA	Schuylkill Generating Station Oil Plant PA USA	Sherman Avenue Oil Plant NJ USA	Spirit Mound Oil Plant SD USA	Stony Brook Oil Plant MA USA	Suwannee River Oil Plant FL USA	Thomas Fitzhugh Oil Plant AR USA	Tufts Cove Oil Generating Station Canada	Turkey Point Oil Plant FL USA	Vienna Operations Oil Plant MD USA	Wading River Oil Plant NY USA	Waiau Oil Plant HI USA	Warren Oil Plant PA USA	Werner Oil Plant NJ USA	West Springfield Oil Plant MA USA	Wilson Oil Plant GA USA	Class	Rank	Metric tons
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%
Nunavut		41.3%	36.7%	7.71%	1.80%	1.53%	0.139%
Prince Edward Island						2.52%	8.96%	20.3%	68.2%
Saskatchewan							0.267%	0.717%	31.5%	16.7%	3.54%
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%
Québec			11.0%	4.90%	11.5%	3.83%	3.39%	3.67%	19.7%	17.8%	0.183%
Manitoba						2.65%	4.40%	2.91%	25.0%	48.7%	10.4%
Ontario							2.58%	3.28%	0.872%	19.2%	2.31%	2.14%	0.326%	0.285%
Nova Scotia					8.11%	10.6%	36.1%	17.3%	27.8%															1																																																																				1
New Brunswick								0.276%	0.234%	58.0%																					1		1																															1
Newfoundland and Labrador			5.05%	7.84%	8.94%	30.5%	12.3%	3.57%	0.308%																																						1
Alabama														41.8%	58.2%																																																																																							6	1.83e+5
Alaska		6.63%	1.78%	25.5%	0.226%	5.17%																																																															1																																	43	0.00
Arizona	2									1.13%	23.6%	20.0%	37.0%	18.2%																																																																																								12	6.10e+4
Arkansas														15.7%	84.3%																																																																												1											3	3.42e+5
California	3			2.29%	10.6%	16.3%	5.69%	2.96%	35.4%	15.6%	1.52%																																																														1																													10	9.45e+4
Colorado										3.18%	32.7%	15.2%	10.5%	30.1%	8.34%								1																																																																															46	0.00
Connecticut										77.5%	20.8%	1.09%																									1																										1			1																																				36	0.00
Delaware										1.09%	21.6%	74.1%	3.24%																																1															1																																										28	0.00
District of Columbia														100%						1					1																																																																													48	0.00
Florida														0.168%	52.7%	47.1%			1																1							1							1	1							1		1													1			1				1					1						1			1									16	3.70e+4
Georgia														48.4%	51.6%																																														1																																							1		2	5.66e+5
Hawaii			0.113%	0.444%	32.9%	60.0%																																										1				1				1																																								1						33	0.00
Idaho	2								8.51%	90.0%																																																																																												31	0.00
Illinois													1.50%	98.5%																																																																																								51	0.00
Indiana														100%																																																1																																								24	0.00
Iowa											5.30%	6.65%	14.4%	73.6%																																												1																																												19	0.00
Kansas														96.1%	3.88%																																																																																							15	3.92e+4
Kentucky														100%																																																																																								30	0.00
Louisiana															100%																																																																																							11	7.84e+4
Maine									5.45%	71.9%																																																							1																																					20	0.00
Maryland											2.23%	17.7%	58.3%	21.7%																																																														1																		1								47	0.00
Massachusetts									2.27%	79.0%	18.5%																1		1																																																			1									1										1			49	0.00
Michigan										1.83%	31.7%	16.4%	14.6%	8.66%																										1																																																														35	0.00
Minnesota										13.4%	3.05%	20.4%	21.8%	9.11%							1																																																																																	38	0.00
Mississippi														53.6%	46.4%			1																									1										1																																																	4	2.57e+5
Missouri	1													97.2%	2.76%													1																																										1																																7	1.81e+5
Montana	2								1.84%	16.7%	6.56%	12.0%	2.35%																																																																																									41	0.00
Nebraska													2.93%	89.3%	7.74%																																				1																																																			39	0.00
Nevada	1							1.83%	39.4%	47.0%	11.8%																																																																																											44	0.00
New Hampshire										77.0%	23.0%																																																									1																																		37	0.00
New Jersey											9.73%	90.3%																				1																																																							1											1				32	0.00
New Mexico	1											7.94%	33.3%	53.7%																																																																																								17	2.68e+4
New York										16.1%	65.1%	18.0%	0.137%									1																								1																									1			1							1	1			1										1							25	0.00
North Carolina														100%																																									1																																															5	2.18e+5
North Dakota										5.40%	24.2%	48.6%	17.6%																																																																																									29	0.00
Ohio													23.4%	76.6%																								1																																																																34	0.00
Oklahoma														64.4%	35.6%																																																																																							14	4.57e+4
Oregon	3			0.565%	3.81%	5.52%	5.86%	3.52%	49.6%	23.8%																																																																																												26	0.00
Pennsylvania											7.74%	34.9%	57.3%																							1																																															1			1											1					27	0.00
Rhode Island										100%																																																																																												50	0.00
South Carolina														85.1%	14.9%											1																																									1																																			9	1.15e+5
South Dakota												2.09%	52.0%	45.9%																																																																										1														18	0.00
Tennessee														100%																																								1																																																8	1.55e+5
Texas	6											1.17%	8.70%	65.9%	24.2%		1																						1																																						1																									1	7.51e+5
Utah	4									22.2%	65.3%	0.130%																																																																																										21	0.00
Vermont										4.97%	95.0%																																																																																											22	0.00
Virginia												0.585%	33.4%	66.0%																1				1										1																																																										13	4.68e+4
Washington				1.04%	10.6%	19.8%	20.2%	12.1%	35.6%	0.648%																															1																																																													40	0.00
West Virginia													90.8%	9.25%																																																																																								42	0.00
Wisconsin										0.368%	53.9%	28.7%	12.9%	3.74%																																																																1																								45	0.00
Wyoming	1									48.7%	16.7%	16.6%	10.4%	7.61%																																																																																								23	0.00

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