Very Rare Locality GALENA W PYRITE - - Oversight Mine, Nespelem, Washington - - Sawn
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:30238674 | Featured Refinements: Pyrite |
The Oversight mine was a lead, gold and silver mine that produced apparently very little. A friend of mine collected this a few years ago and he sent note...s with the specimen that read:
"I'm not super well versed on the history, but I heard that the Nespelem district was started with the discovery of rich float ore which included a nearly surfboard sized piece of electrum. The amount of rich sulfides around there is crazy, but little production has come from the district since it is on an Indian reservation. This particular mine was above the rest of them, which explains the name."
This piece is mostly galena with some lenses of pyrite. During the past few years, a Canadian mining company has been drilling the area hoping to find reserves at historically mined properties near Republic, Washington. To this date, I don't believe that any action has been taken on area claims.
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