#

#

###

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

##

#

###

#

#

#

#

##

##

#

#

#

#

#

###

# ##

#

# #

#

#

#

#

##

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Õ

0

00

!

!

0

0

0

Burnham Limestone

BurnhamLimestone

Christies Beachwastewatertreatment plant

0 Rocla North

Clay

Sand

Sand

FORMBY ROAD

River

Onkaparinga

Mount Bold Res

Yundi

Marino

BakerGully

Aldinga Willunga

Lonsdale

FAULT

Clarendon

Kangarilla

Hallet Cove

OldNoarlunga

Ochre Point

FAUL

T

McLaren Vale

MaslinBeach

WILLUNGA

Happy ValleyReservoir

Silver Sands

McLaren Flat

Mount Compass

PortWillunga

Blanche Point

SOUTH MOUNT LOFTY RANGES

O'Sullivan Beach

Port Noarlunga

Sellicks Beach

Blewitt Springs

Christies Beach

GULF St VINCENT

OCH

RECO

VE–

CLAR

ENDO

N

Rocla

Hanson

Aldingawater storage

Storage dam

EXPR

ESSW

AYSO

UTH

ERN

SOUTHER

NEX

PRES

SWAY

SOUTH

ERN

EXPR

ESS

WAY

CUT HILL ROAD

WICKHAMS HILL ROAD

POTTERY

ROA

D

BISCAY ROAD

CU

LLEYR

OA

D

THOMAS ROAD

QUINLIVEN ROAD

BISH

OP ROAD

JACKSON HILLROAD

PORT ROAD

BURMAROAD

COLLETT LANE

BAKERG

U LLY R O AD

KINGS HILL ROAD

TROTTS ROAD

PROCTO

RR

OA

D

OSBORNE RD

FOG

GO

SR

OA

D

WICKHAM HILL ROAD

JOHNSTON ROAD

FIELDSTR

EET

FLAG

STAFF

BO

WER

ING

HIL L

DELA

BO

L ER

OA

D

LITTLE ROADGAFFNEY ROAD

SEAVIEW ROAD

OLD COACHROAD

ACKLAND HILLR OAD

OSTR

ICH

FARM

RD

ALM

ON

DG

RO

VE

RO

AD

ADAMS

CLAYTON ROAD

HALLROAD

MEADOWS

ROAD

MAI

NRO

AD

ALDINGA ROAD

D A SHWOOD GU LLY ROAD

EDU

CATIO

N R

OA

D

PERRY BARR ROAD

SHERRIFF ROAD

CHALK HILL ROAD

ROAD

ALDINGA BEACH ROAD

MCLAREN FLAT ROAD

PIMPALA ROAD

WICKS ROAD

HU

NT

RO

AD

DO

DD

ROA

D

CA

LI FOR

NIA

RO

AD

CH

AN

DLER

SH

ILLR

OA

D

MURRAY ROAD

DO

RSETVA

LE ROA

D

HAPPYVALLEY

DRIVE

WOODGATE HILL ROAD

SADDLE BAGS ROAD

ROAD

EDWARDSROAD

COMMUNICATION ROAD

BADGERS

ROAD

MCMURTRIE ROAD

IVERENE ROAD

ARMATAROAD

G OSSE ROAD

ENTE

RPRIS

EROAD

RIV

ERR

OA

D

TAYLORS HILL ROAD

SCHULLER

R OAD

LOW

ERESPLA

NA

DE

PAN

ALATIN

GA

RO

AD

DOUGLAS GULLY ROAD

NANGKITA ROAD

CO

MM

ERC

IAL

RO

AD

RAZORBACK ROAD

ROAD

CO

PPERM

INE

RO

AD

BLACKFE

LLOW

SCREE

KROAD

CHRI STMAS

HI

LL

ROAD

SEAFORD ROAD

DYSONROAD

KANGARILLA ROAD

CHERRY GARDENS

ROA

D

POTTERROAD

OCEA

NB

OULEVARD

BA

GS H

AWS

RO

AD

RANGE

ROAD

ING

OLD

BY

RO

AD

BINNEY ROAD

ROGERS ROAD

KENIHANS ROAD

OLIV

ERS

RO

AD

REYNEL

LABYPA

SS

ESPLANAD

E

BAK

ER GULLY

TRACK

MARTINS RD

TUITT ROAD

BRANSON ROAD

BAY

LISSR

OA

D

O'SULLIVAN BEACH ROAD

PETHI C

KR

OA

D

TATACHILLA ROAD

FR

ITH ROAD

BLE WIT

TSP

RINGS

ROAD

BAHLOO GLEN ROAD

CLARENDON

PA GES FLATRO

AD

KNOTTS HILL ROAD

WHEATON ROAD

QUARRY ROAD

PIGGOTT RANGE

RO

AD

KAYS ROAD

TWEN

TYEI G

HT

RO

AD

HONEYPOT ROAD

WARNERS ROAD

COX ROAD

MARSHALLROAD

OLD WILLUNGA HILL

ROAD

MAIN

SOUT

HRO

AD

MORITZ

BAINS ROAD

MEADOWSROAD

MALPAS ROAD

ROAD

FLAXMILL ROAD

ALDINGA ROAD

CA

LIFOR

NIA

RO

AD

TOOPS HILL ROAD

MA

INSO

UTH

R OA

D

CHAP

EL

HILL R OA D

RIVER ROAD

MA

INSO

UTH

R OA

D

SAN

DR

OA

D

KANGARILLAROAD

PROCTO

RR

OA

D

BURMA ROA D

BAINS ROAD

DY

SON

RO

AD

LONSDALE

ROAD

MEADOWS

ROAD

WHEATSHEAF ROAD

RIFLE RANGE ROAD

NO

RMA

NR

OA

D

BLACK ROAD

MAJORS ROAD

MAIN ROAD

PIGGOTT

RA

NG

ER

OA

D

VICTORHARBOR

ROAD

NORMAN ROAD

PLAIN

SR

OA

D

BLE

WIT

TSP

RIN

GS

ROA

D

WAKEFIELD

RO

AD

CU

L LEYR

OA

D

OLD

SELLICK

SH

ILLR

OA

D

LITTLE ROAD

MUNETTA ROAD

PLAIN

SROAD

GULLYROAD

CHANDL ERS HILL ROAD

BAKER GU LLYRO

AD

VICTO

RH

ARB

OR

ROA

D

LONSD

ALE ROAD

BEACH ROAD

CHAPEL H ILLROAD

TRUSCOTT ROAD

KNOTTS HILL ROAD

BROOKMANSR OA

D

PET

ERSCREEK

ROAD

KANGARILLA ROAD

OLD

CO

AC

HR

OA

D

BADGERSROAD

PENNEYS HILL ROAD

RANGEROAD

PETHIC

KR

OA

D

ESPLAN

AD

E

ST ROU

TR

OA

D

BROOKMAN CONNOR ROAD

STATESR

OA

D

BRANSON ROAD

BROC

KHU RST ROAD

MORITZ ROAD

MAINSO

UTH

ROAD

KAYS ROAD

PAGES FLAT

ROAD

BAHLOO GLE N ROAD

MA

INSO

UTH

ROAD

MEADOWS ROAD

JUST S

RO

AD

STATES ROAD

NANGKITA ROAD

MA

RSH

ALL

RO AD

BAY

LI SSR

OA

D

LOU

DS

HIL

LROAD

MAIN ROAD

THOM

AS

HILLROAD

YUNDI ROAD

ENTERPRISEROAD

COLVILLE ROAD

SHERRIFFS ROAD

RO

AD

NANGKITA ROAD

LANDER

OAKRIDGEROAD

PROCTORRD

ESPLAN

AD

E

COXS HILL

HA

MIL TO

NR

OA

D

PENNEYS HILL ROAD

SAND ROAD

BEACH ROAD

MA

INR

OA

D

CH

AFFEY

SR

OA

D

BLACK ROAD

MEADOWS ROAD

BROO

KMAN

ROAD

TY

NA

N

ROAD

L ANACOONA ROAD

SCHULLERROAD

MASLIN BEACH ROAD

PETERS CREEK ROAD

V ICTOR H ARBOR ROAD BURM

A ROAD

ESPLAN

AD

E

ELLIOT

RO

AD

YUNDI ROAD

GULFVIEW ROAD

FOG

GO

SR

OA

D

WHIT

INGS

ROAD

OA

KL EY

RO

AD

VIC TO

RH

AR

BOR

RO

AD

GRANTS GULLYROA

DPROCTOR

ROAD

DOCTORS ROAD

ENTERPRISE ROAD

MAIN ROAD

AM

ERYR

OA

D

DELABOLEROAD

CHAPEL HILL ROAD

HAHN ROAD

ENTERPRISE ROAD

AD

EYR

OA

D

MA

INRO

AD

MAIN

RO

AD

PROCTO

RR

OA

D

RYAN

RO

AD

MCL

ARE

NFL

ATRO

AD

BURMA

RO

AD

1

9 8

4

6 7

3

2

5

39

56

11

74

41

34

51

21

75

54

65

77

60

69

15

81

14

42

49

70

29

46

84

80

82

59

79

10

12

13

26

20

2324

16

22

2528

3230 27

35

40

76

36

47

5553

43 4437

5761

58

62

63 64

67

7172

66

68

78

73

83

50 52

4845

31

1718

19

38

33

Aldinga Scrub (CP)

270000

270000

280000

280000

290000

290000

6090

000

6090

000

6100

000

6100

000

6110

000

6110

000

6120

000

6120

000264000

264000

265000

265000

266000

266000

267000

267000

268000

268000

269000

269000

270000

270000

271000

271000

272000

272000

273000

273000

274000

274000

275000

275000

276000

276000

277000

277000

278000

278000

279000

279000

280000

280000

281000

281000

282000

282000

283000

283000

284000

284000

285000

285000

286000

286000

287000

287000

288000

288000

289000

289000

290000

290000

6085

000

6085

000

6086

000

6086

000

6087

000

6087

000

6088

000

6088

000

6089

000

6089

000

6090

000

6090

000

6091

000

6091

000

6092

000

6092

000

6093

000

6093

000

6094

000

6094

000

6095

000

6095

000

6096

000

6096

000

6097

000

6097

000

6098

000

6098

000

6099

000

6099

000

6100

000

6100

000

6101

000

6101

000

6102

000

6102

000

6103

000

6103

000

6104

000

6104

000

6105

000

6105

000

6106

000

6106

000

6107

000

6107

000

6108

000

6108

000

6109

000

6109

000

6110

000

6110

000

6111

000

6111

000

6112

000

6112

000

6113

000

6113

000

6114

000

6114

000

6115

000

6115

000

6116

000

6116

000

6117

000

6117

000

6118

000

6118

000

6119

000

6119

000

6120

000

6120

000

0 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometres

GEOLOGY OF THE McLAREN VALE WINE REGION

µ

PIRSA 203898_001

#

Winery

0 Sand or clay pit! Storage dam! Water storage

Õ Wastewater treatment plant

Vineyard

McLaren Vale Wine Region

Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park

GDA 94: Map projection Zone 54

Geological boundary and faultFaultConcealed faultConformable contactIntrusive contact

Topographic detailMain roadSecondary roadTrackOnkaparinga RiverWatercourse

Younger than 500 million yearsLEGEND

Water

Holocene (10 000 years to present day)SEMAPHORE SAND MEMBER: Quartz beach sand

SEMAPHORE SAND MEMBER: Coastal dune sand

Beach gravel( ( ( ( ( (

( ( ( ( ( (

( ( ( ( ( (

Alluvial sand in active stream channels

Talus gravel, sand and clay

Alluvial clay of raised terraces of Onkaparinga River

Alluvial clay of valleys

Pleistocene (2.6 million to 10 000 years)NGANKIPARI SAND: Weakly cemented windblown sand

CHRISTIES BEACH FORMATION: Alluvial fan clay, sand and gravel

PIRRAMIMMA SANDSTONE: Yellowand buff sandstone, pebbly sandstone, clay! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

BURNHAM LIMESTONE: Fine-grained limestone

NGALTINGA FORMATION: Grey and red mottled alluvial clay;commonly capped with calcreteOCHRE COVE FORMATION: Iron-mottled pebbly sandstoneKURRAJONG FORMATION: Clayey sand and silica-cementedconglomerate

Pliocene (5.3 to 2.6 million years)HALLETT COVE SANDSTONE: Calcareous fossiliferous sandstone

Iron-cemented surface on bedrock

Oligocene (34 to 23 million years)PORT WILLUNGA FORMATION: Fossiliferous limestone

Eocene (56 to 34 million years)

NORTH MASLIN and SOUTH MASLIN SANDS: Cross-beddedmedium and coarse-grained sand

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

BLANCHE POINT FORMATION: Glauconitic, fossiliferouscalcareous siltstone; hard cherty bands; glauconiticTORTACHILLA LIMESTONE at base

Iron-cemented sand (?NORTH MASLIN SAND)

Carboniferous–Permian (c. 300 million years)CAPE JERVIS FORMATION: Pebbly and bouldery claystone;sandy, laminated claystone with dropstones

Older than 500 million yearsLEGEND

NORMANVILLE GROUP: c. 520 million years

HEATHERDALE SHALE: Dark grey, slaty siltstone with black phosphate nodules

FORK TREE LIMESTONE: Pale grey limestone with archaeocyaths

SELLICK HILL FORMATION: Dark grey, ribboned, silty limestone

WANGKONDA FORMATION: Massive, dark grey limestone

MOUNT TERRIBLE FORMATION: Arkosic grit, overlain by siltstone and sandstone! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

UMBERATANA GROUP: c. 650 million years

MARINO ARKOSE: Lime-cemented, gritty arkose and minor limestone

ANGEPENA FORMATION: Rippled, mud-cracked, red siltstone; fine-grained sandstone

BRIGHTON LIMESTONE: Massive oolitic limestoneTAPLEY HILL FORMATION: Calcareous siltstone and sandstone; intraclastic and stromatolitic limestoneDark grey, very thinly laminated, slaty siltstone

TINDELPINA SHALE MEMBER: Laminated, pyritic, black shale and dolomite

STURT TILLITE: Massive, cleaved, pebbly and boulder siltstone (diamictite)# # #

# # #

Gritty arkose lenses! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

Laminated siltstone layers

Sandstone layers

REYNELLA SILTSTONE MEMBER: Mostly massive siltstone with small rock fragments

ELATINA FORMATION: Pink-brown sandstone with red granule bandsWILMINGTON FORMATION:Massive, green-grey, fine-grained sandstoneLaminated to rippled, grey to green siltstone

BURRA GROUP: c. 750 million years

SADDLEWORTH FORMATION: Laminated dark grey and green siltstone

Quartzite layers

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

STONYFELL QUARTZITE: Feldspathic quartzite, sandstone, siltstone

Brecciated WOOLSHED FLAT SHALE

WOOLSHED FLAT SHALE: Laminated and sandy grey-green siltstoneMONTACUTE DOLOMITE: Blue-grey, thinly bedded dolomitewith black chert lensesALDGATE SANDSTONE: Feldspathic, pebbly sandstone;heavy mineral cross-laminations! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

BELAIR SUBGROUP: Laminated, grey siltstone

Quartzite layers! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

MITCHAM QUARTZITE: Massive, coarse-grained, feldspathic quartzite! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

PALAEOPROTEROZOIC BASEMENT (c. 1600 million years)

BAROSSA COMPLEX: Gneiss, schist

DELAMERIAN OROGENY: Folding and cleavage formation, c. 500 million years

Barite veinQuartz vein

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

WILPENA GROUP: c. 600 million years

BUNYEROO FORMATION: Maroon, fine-grained siltstone

ABC RANGE QUARTZITE: White, cross-bedded quartzite! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

PORT STANVAC SANDSTONE MEMBER: Laminated and cross-bedded red sandstone

BRACHINA FORMATION: Red and green siltstone and fine-grained sandstone

NUCCALEENA FORMATION: Laminated pink dolomite

SEACLIFF SANDSTONE: Pale grey and red sandstone, quartzite and red siltstone

39

418225

73271

595

80844772

561228534620624372363

267848512922642370493713457967313485304050

145781157411681819555232336971669

76634210606

44581738248

355475776561164

2183

WineryAngoves Family WinemakersAnvers WinesAramisAustralian Boutique WinesBattle of BosworthBent CreekBlackbilly Wines and The Old FaithfulBoar's RockBraydun HillCape BarrenCascabelChalk HillChapel HillChateau ReynellaConte EstateCorioled'ArenbergDennisDi Fabio EstateDogridgeDowie DooleFoggoFox CreekGemtreeGeoff MerrillGraham Stevens WinesHalifaxHardy TintaraHaselgroveHastwell and LightfootHoffmann'sHugh HamiltonHugoInkwellJ & J WinesKangarilla RoadKay Bros AmeryLavinaLazy BallerinaLeconfieldLloyd BrothersLongwoodMadeleines WinesMaximusMaxwellMcLaren Vale Premium WinesMcLaren Vale VintnersMiddlebrook EstateMitoloMollydookerMurray of Mclaren ValeNashwaukNoonOliverhillOlivers TarangaOxenberry FarmPaper Eagle / EkhidnaParri EstatePaxtonPB & CM ShirvingtonPenny's Hill & Mr. RiggsPertaringaPossumsPotters ClayPrimo EstateRed Heads StudioRosemount EstateSabellaSamuels GorgeScarpantoni EstateSerafinoSettlementShinglebackShottesbrookeSylvan SpringsTapestryTatachillaThorpeVinrockWalter ClappisWirra WirraWoodstockYangarra EstateZarellaZimmermann

Easting276456

278526270664279943

277973279657282467

273979275164276059272125276661277142276190280437276866277102277228280926281847277205278512276576282423277815280994279243275759279817278545281024278071283370274234274835282084278120275216287178277140275740278658290436278602276209275818

281618280251275687276070277447276243280043275632275458276944276217280828273643278955277121280396281813277477277687277256277361279450276578280486277433275719274777281646282527276436276183274475273256278981278712281383285024276283275315

Northing6101168

610114860928946102283

609654661022036114182

609952361065506095053609017461007166105316611366660999296104227610217760999986100790610293060988246101033609673861014926112862610221660960716100501610028461021486102420609857261024146097429610035861013596103857610085160960716098170610202461017526085877610214761011646100328

610360160997826093962610356360965116104562609774861033546103211609995361000396101915610180760976936096888609820061049296096164609868561010396104660609916961054656101029609967161033726101241610240961050906101692609996560962406096094609854160991686103372610692661028836091253

July 2010