Annual report for EL 23686, 13 February 2005 to 12 February 2006

Abstract

The Baines project (EL23686) is located 60km south of the Victoria Highway, about half way between Amanbidji and Humbert River, in the Gregory National Park in the Victoria River District. The area is considered to be prospective primarily for diamond deposits, though other target concepts are also of interest. The area is underlain by dominantly Neoproterozoic/ Adelaidean sediments of the Wattie, Bullita and Auvergne Groups, capped by areas of lower Cambrian Antrim Plateau Volcanics and laterite. The review of previous work revealed that the sampling density for diamonds in the area was lower than that in many surrounding districts, where some encouragement has been encountered, some draining ultimately from the highlands within the EL. There is little if any recorded sampling in the south eastern sector of the EL. This is probably because of the relative inaccessibility of the area, relatively poor drainage development on the Sturt Plateau area, and the presence of widespread scrubby vegetation cover on that laterite plateau.