Freeman and Donaldson reported in 2004 that This field guide has been prepared for participants in the field excursion ‘Mines and Wines of southwestern Western Australia’, held in conjunction with SEG 2004, the Society of Economic Geologists conference held in Perth, Western Australia, in September 2004. Figure 1 shows the route of the excursion, which starts and ends in Perth. The guide outlines the regional geological setting of southwestern Western Australia, and the detailed geology of three major mineral deposits of the region visited on the excursion:
• the bauxite deposits of the Darling Range, typified by Alcoa World Alumina Australia’s Huntly mine;
• Sons of Gwalia Ltd’s Archaean pegmatite-hosted Greenbushes tantalum–lithium–tin deposit;
• Iluka Resources Ltd’s Pliocene to Holocene titanium– zircon heavy mineral sands deposits in the Capel area.
Brief descriptions of a number of other deposits or mining sites passed, but not visited, on this excursion are also included. The excursion will also visit a number of vineyards and wineries at the northern end of the world-renowned Margaret River wine region, and the guide therefore outlines some of the geological and climatic
factors that are important in the production of the region’s high-quality red and white table wines.
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