Index • 343 



International Submarine Technology, 

 International Tin Council: 85 



Ltd.: 122 



Japan: 39, 41, 65, 105, 173, 174, 177, 317 



mining laws: 311-312 

 John Chance Associates: 123 

 Johnston Island: 17, 74, 182, 240, 243, 292 

 JOIDES Resolution: 160-161 



Juan de Fuca Ridge: 12, 42, 57, 61, 63, 65, 122, 134, 

 140, 141, 143, 161 



Kane Fracture Zone: 161 

 Kingman-Palmyra Islands: 74, 292 

 Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp.: 106 

 Koken Boring & Machine Co.: 161 



Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory: 26, 122, 131 

 LORAN-C: 163-164 

 Louisiana Purchase: 115 



mafic rocks: 57 



magnetic anomalies: 59, 136, 137 



magnetic profiling: 118, 136-138 



airborne surveys: 136 



satellite surveys: 136 



ship-towed magnetometers: 137 



sub-bottom profilers: 133 



total field measurements: 137 

 magnetometers: 17, 137 

 Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 



1976: 6 

 Malaysia: 171 

 manganese, commodities: 



demand and technological trends: 95 



properties and uses: 94 



resources and reserves: 95 

 Manganese Crust EIS Project: 240 

 Marconi Underwater Systems: 122 

 margins, continental: 42 

 Marine Ecosystems Analysis Project: 262 

 Marine Policy and Ocean Management Center: 273 

 materials: 13, 88 



conservation: 13, 88 



recycling: 13, 88 



substitution: 13, 88 

 Materials Act of 1947: 305 

 metamorphic rocks: 49 

 Mexico: 98, 99 

 Mid- Atlantic Rift Valley: 160 

 mid-water environmental effects: 215, 222-223, 226 



heavy metals: 223, 226 



particulate concentrations: 222, 226 

 mineral commodities: 



chromium: 13, 14 



cobalt: 13, 85, 88, 89 



ferrochromium: 14, 15, 86, 87 



ferromanganese: 14, 15, 86, 87, 94 



lead: 13, 88 



manganese: 13, 14, 88 



markets: 8, 17, 81 



nickel: 13, 14, 88 

 phosphate rock: 14, 16, 19 

 platinum-group metals: 13, 88 

 steel: 14, 87 



supply and demand: 8, 81, 87 

 tin: 13 



titanium: 13, 88 

 titanium pigment: 14 

 zinc: 13 

 mineral laws. United States: 300-306 



Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act: 305-306 

 Materials Act of 1947: 305 

 Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Land: 305 

 Mineral Leasing Act of 1920: 300-305 

 Mining Law of 1872: 300-304 

 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: 305 

 Surface Resources Act of 1955: 300-305 

 Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Land: 305 

 Mineral Leasing Act of 1920: 300-305 

 mineral occurrences, general: 

 amber: 39 



amphiboles: 49, 56, 58 

 cerium: 71 



chromite: 12, 15, 39, 49, 58, 59, 60 

 coal: 39 



cobalt: 53, 71, 75 

 copper: 39, 53, 75 

 diamonds: 41, 49, 171 

 ferromanganese crusts: 10, 12, 16, 39, 53, 70, 71, 72, 



73, 90, 96 

 ferromanganese nodules: 10, 12, 16, 39, 53, 63, 70, 72, 



75, 81, 91 

 garnets: 49, 59, 60 

 gemstones: 39, 49 



gold: 39, 40, 49, 50, 55, 58, 59, 68, 69, 171 

 heavy minerals: 8, 14, 15, 19, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 



59, 105, 174 

 ilmenite: 14, 15, 51, 56, 59 

 iron: 39, 312 

 lead: 39, 71 

 lime: 39 



magnetite: 18, 39, 59, 60 

 metalliferous muds: 39, 174 

 molybdenum: 71 

 monazite: 49, 55, 60, 308 

 nickel: 53, 75 

 oil and gas: 18, 45 



phosphorite: 10, 14, 15, 52, 53, 56, 61, 69, 308, 316 

 placers: 10, 12, 15, 18, 39, 40, 45, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 



56, 57, 59, 60, 67, 68, 69, 

 platinum: 12, 49, 58, 60, 68, 171 

 polymetallic sulfides: 8, 10, 16, 19, 39, 45, 61, 62, 63, 



65, 98, 100 

 precious coral: 39 



precious metals: 12, 39, 49, 50, 58, 59, 67 

 pyroxenes: 49, 56, 58 

 rhodium: 71 



rutile: 15, 49, 51, 171, 308 

 salt: 43, 55 

 sand and gravel: 12, 16, 39, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 55, 



