Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Utahite is an extremely rare secondary copper zinc tellurate mineral found as a product of oxidation. Its chemical formula is Cu5Zn3(Te6+O4)4(OH)8•7H2O. It was first described in 1997 for an occurrence in the Centennial Eureka mine one mile southeast of Eureka Tintic District Juab County Utah USA (type locality). The discovery site was a mine dump of a hydrothermal ore deposit where it occurs with cesbronite and quartz.