the norton lake region is located approximately 50 km northeast of fort hope within the northernmost unnamed assemblage of the miminiska-fort hope greenstone belt of the uchi subprovince, northwestern ontario. an investigation of the region was initiated to attempt to correlate this region of the superior province with tectonic assemblages located to the southwest within other greenstone belts of the uchi subprovince, and to understand the mineralization of the norton lake cu-ni-co-pge deposit.