Location: Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean
Priority: 1
Position: 41°00'N, 127°29'W
Water Depth: 3250 m
Sediment Thickness: 600 m
Total Penetration: 200 mbsf
Seismic Coverage: Single-channel, Tully, 89-04, Line 3
Objectives: Find suitable location for deep-penetration hole in an active hydrothermal massive sulfide deposit and determine extent and composition of mineralization and alteration
Drilling Program: APC/XCB
Logging and Downhole Operations: None
Nature of Rock Anticipated: Massive sulfide and hydrothermally altered hemipelagic and turbiditic sediment