Norton is a nickel–copper–cobalt–platinum group element project in the Norton–McFaulds Lake area of northern Ontario.
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Norton Lake deposit
Historical drilling traced the deposit over 225–300 m of strike and locally to approximately 400 m depth, with reported true widths of 5–10 m. Geophysical surveys identified additional targets along an 11 km trend.
2005 resource estimate
Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. prepared the estimate below in 2005. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not demonstrate economic viability.
| Category | Tonnes | Ni (%) | Cu (%) | Co (%) | Pd (g/t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measured | 1,769,721 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0.46 |
| Indicated | 488,933 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0.47 |
| Measured + indicated | 2,258,654 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0.46 |
| Inferred | 198,571 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.47 |
Historical location and exploration interpretation
The Norton property consists of 15 claims (233 claim units) with an area of 36.65 km and is located in the Norton-McFaulds Lake Area of Northern Ontario. The property can be found approximately 106 km west-northwest of Marten Falls First Nation at Ogoki Post, Ontario and approximately 120 km southwest of Noront’s Eagle One discovery.
According to CCIC, the Mineral Resource has further potential to be expanded with additional exploration drilling along strike and down plunge toward the northeast, and toward the southwest, also the near-surface side of the deposit where there exists some sampling gaps and some poorly defined sulphide lenses that appear to be structurally displaced.
The Norton Lake Ni-Cu-Co deposit has been traced by diamond drilling over a strike length ranging from 225 to 300 metres, and locally to about 400 metres depth, with true widths ranging between 5 and 10 metres. On the basis of geophysical surveys and exploration drilling, the deposit is open to the southwest, northeast and to depth, and other geophysical targets occur along an 11km strike length.