A world map shows silver mining locations marked by black circles with "A g." Some key areas include the U S, Mexico, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Japan, and Australia. Major clusters are in the western countries of North and South America, and Europe.
Silver | Settled by 400 CE | Settled by 800 CE | Evergreen forest | Deciduous forest | Water | Mixed forest | Shrublands | Savannas | Grasslands | Permanent wetlands | Urban and built-up | Cropland and natural vegetation | Snow and ice | Barren or sparsely vegetated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 30 | 0.877% | 0.260% | 33.1% | 23.3% | 3.90% | 0.194% | ||||||||
Arizona | 315 | 1.24% | 82.2% | 0.905% | 12.8% | 2.58% | |||||||||
Utah | 144 | 1.37% | 71.1% | 6.04% | |||||||||||
Yukon | 4 | 11.0% | 34.4% | 44.3% | 0.183% | 4.06% | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | 2 | 8.23% | 2.25% | 0.109% | 50.3% | 0.342% | 0.521% | 0.256% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 90.9% | 9.14% | |||||||||||||
Florida | 0.732% | 69.7% | 6.73% | 2.76% | 0.989% | ||||||||||
Idaho | 158 | 34.0% | 57.6% | 2.52% | |||||||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 42.8% | 46.8% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 52.7% | 32.3% | 14.6% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 61 | 38.7% | 30.4% | 2.11% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 4 | 5.80% | 92.0% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 1 | 17.6% | 0.661% | 14.7% | |||||||||||
Montana | 163 | 18.5% | 76.4% | 1.52% | |||||||||||
Maine | 98.8% | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 23.6% | 1.29% | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 34.2% | 65.3% | |||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 77.1% | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 37.9% | 29.7% | 1.92% | 8.03% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 3.32% | 94.5% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 54.0% | ||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 40.6% | 5.40% | 2.31% | 7.63% | 4.39% | 36.0% | |||||||||
Mississippi | 29.5% | 9.44% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||
West Virginia | 96.2% | 1.85% | |||||||||||||
Nebraska | 60.9% | 39.1% | |||||||||||||
Texas | 3 | 16.6% | 11.5% | 63.9% | 0.593% | 0.322% | |||||||||
Missouri | 1 | 13.6% | 1.69% | 84.7% | |||||||||||
Louisiana | 3.55% | 21.5% | 12.9% | 26.3% | |||||||||||
Hawaii | 2.28% | 58.3% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | 2.93% | 0.571% | 11.8% | 22.1% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 100 | 39.9% | 46.3% | 1.78% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 1 | 98.0% | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 1.53% | 41.9% | 10.2% | 1.99% | |||||||||||
New Mexico | 92 | 2.71% | 48.6% | 33.8% | 0.141% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 76.0% | 8.38% | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5.34% | 0.733% | 24.3% | 69.7% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 10 | 10.9% | 4.59% | 0.944% | 0.141% | 0.358% | 0.225% | 5.56% | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 22.0% | 15.0% | 29.3% | 14.1% | 2.34% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | 15.9% | 31.5% | 35.6% | 7.11% | |||||||||||
South Carolina | 3.99% | 13.8% | 0.475% | 4.46% | |||||||||||
Michigan | 1 | 1.66% | 3.94% | 16.6% | 1.80% | 48.8% | |||||||||
Alberta | 24.3% | 30.3% | 0.208% | 3.41% | 0.266% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 98.8% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 54.7% | 1.93% | 18.7% | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 430 | 7.58% | 0.276% | 88.5% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 206 | 0.345% | 2.21% | 65.5% | 1.16% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1 | 26.1% | 56.3% | 9.42% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 2.03% | 1.36% | 6.94% | 16.9% | 1.91% | 2.16% | 0.313% | ||||||||
New York | 2 | 27.2% | 0.385% | 15.0% | 0.153% | 0.584% | |||||||||
Maryland | 11.5% | 2.19% | 81.3% | ||||||||||||
Québec | 11 | 5.39% | 3.99% | 38.7% | 9.24% | 4.66% | 1.11% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 14 | 37.5% | 3.53% | 5.69% | 25.2% | 2.44% | 3.56% | 13.2% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 2.23% | 13.4% | 81.7% | 2.65% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 23.2% | 3.17% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 76 | 32.1% | 0.585% | 0.132% | 3.80% | 0.824% | 18.9% | 0.176% | 6.74% | ||||||
California | 153 | 25.6% | 27.5% | 1.33% | 8.18% | 1.87% | 10.1% | 0.505% | |||||||
Arkansas | 10.7% | 33.2% | 2.79% | 0.791% | 52.5% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 5 | 1.78% | 57.1% | 41.1% | |||||||||||
Ohio | 15.3% | 0.254% | 84.5% | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 3.37% | 0.562% | 96.1% | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0.174% | 28.8% | 0.689% | 70.4% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4.06% | 95.9% | |||||||||||||
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