CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
25 United States (Oklahoma) 34.39 N -- 099.21 W Creta Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Creta
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Oklahoma; Nearest community: Olustee (5 mi SW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in greenish-grey shales
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Leonardian - Early Guadalupian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal rift; divergent; Formal name: Anadarko basin (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate
Internal host rock structures:interbedding
Individual lithologies:shale
shale (red)
dolomite
Host rock stratigraphy:Prewitt Shale, Flowerpot Formation, El Reno Group

(2) sedimentary; evaporite
Individual lithologies:evaporite
Host rock stratigraphy:Prewitt Shale, Flowerpot Formation, El Reno Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in greenish-grey shales; 2 persistent Cu-bearing shale beds/mining began in november 1965; cc & malachite/ mid Permian clastic sed rks & evaporites
References:
Dingess, P. R., 1976
Geology and Mining Operations at the Creta Copper Deposit of Eagle-Picher Industries,Inc.
in Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Midcontinent Region, A Symposium held March 7-8, 1974, in Norman, Oklahoma, Edited by Al-Shaieb, Z.; Johnson, K. S., 8th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 77, 99 p, p. 15 - 24

Hagni, R. D., 1976
Microscopy of Copper Ore at the Creta Mine, Southwestern Oklahoma
in Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Midcontinent Region, A Symposium held March 7-8, 1974, in Norman, Oklahoma, Edited by Al-Shaieb, Z.; Johnson, K. S., 8th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 77, 99 p, p. 40 - 50

Johnson, K. S., 1976
Permian Copper Shales of Southwestern Oklahoma
in Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Midcontinent Region, A Symposium held March 7-8, 1974, in Norman, Oklahoma, Edited by Al-Shaieb, Z.; Johnson, K. S., 8th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 77, 99 p, p. 3 - 14

Jowett, E.C., 1989
Effects of Continental Rifting on the Location and Genesis of Stratiform Copper-silver Deposits
Section Introduction, General Principles and Geochemical Aspects, in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 53 - 66

Lapoint, D. J., 1979
Geology Geochemistry and Petrology of Sandstone Copper Deposits in New Mexico
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 333 p.

Lockwood, R. P., 1976
Geochemistry and Petrology of Some Oklahoma Red-Bed Copper Occurrences
in Stratiform Copper Deposits of the Midcontinent Region, A Symposium held March 7-8, 1974, in Norman, Oklahoma, Edited by Al-Shaieb, Z.; Johnson, K. S., 8th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular, Oklahoma Geological Survey, 77, 99 p, p. 61 - 68

Lur'ye, A. M., 1986
Formation Conditions of Copper-Sandstone and Copper-Shale Deposits
in Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits, Edited by Friedrich, G. H.; Genkin, A. D.; Naldrett, A. J.; Ridge, J. D.; Sillitoe, R. H.; Vokes, F. M., Proceedings of 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow 1984, Springer-Verlag, 592 p, p. 477 - 491

Stroud, R. B., 1970
Production Potential of Copper Deposits Associated with Permian Red Bed Formations in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
Bureau of Mines RI, United States Department of The Interior, Publication code 7422

Production data: Report period: from 1965 until 1975; 1,900,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2 percent
Reference: Huyck, H. L. O.; Chorey, R. W., 1991: Stratigraphic and Petrographic Comparison of the Creta and Kupferschiefer Copper Shale Deposits; Mineralium Deposita, Volume 26, p. 132 - 142
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%



1,800,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Ag: 5.5 grams/metric ton
Reference: Goossens, P. J., 1983: Precambrian Mineral Deposits and their Metallogeny; Annales. Série in 80, Sciences Géologiques, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Publication code 89, 97 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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