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West Valley
Name Alias(es):
West Valley Segment
MGDS_FeatureID lowest in hierarchy:
Activity:
Latitude:
48.4833
Longitude:
-129.0417
Location on map:
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National Jurisdiction:
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):
3000
Tectonic setting:
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a):
56.3
Volcano Number (if applicable):
Host Rock:
NotProvided
Deposit Type:
NFS, hydrothermal deposits
Notes on Vent Field Description:
Leybourne and Van Wagoner (1992): photographs of "Newly discovered hydrothermal sulphide mounds and chimneys are spatially associated with moderately young pillow and lobate flows near the base of a small axial volcano", "hydrothermal field tracked over a distance of 60 m... It is possible that some of these chimneys are active, as evidenced by a slight shimmer in the video"
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1987 and 1988 deposits only (towed camera did not confirm activity)
Discovery References (text):
Leybourne & Van Wagoner, Can. J. Earth Sci., 29, 2346-2352, 1992, Volcanism, age, and hydrothermal deposits of the West Valley Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge.
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