Location: Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean
Priority: 2
Position: 48°25.95'N, 128°40.9'W
Water Depth: 2450
Sediment Thickness: 200 m
Total Penetration: 200 mbsf
Seismic Coverage: Multichannel Line 89-14
Objectives: Constrain geometry and composition of distal massive sulfide mineralization and alteration, part of N-S transect across deposit, stratigraphic reference section
Drilling Program: APC/XCB
Logging and Downhole Operations: None
Nature of Rock Anticipated: Hydrothermally altered hemipelagic and turbiditic sediment