Very Rare Locality GALENA W PYRITE - - Oversight Mine, Nespelem, Washington - - Sawn




Item History & Price

Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:30238674Featured Refinements: Pyrite
Original Description:
  I'm pleased to offer this very rare locality specimen of Galena with Pyrite from the Oversight mine, Nespelem, Okanogan County, Washington. The specimen measures 2.59 x 1.35 x .61 inches or 6.59 x 3.44 x 1.54cm and is sawn on two sides. This comes with an informal label giving the location and the year of collection.
  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.
  Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,  

 "Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."

  Thanks for looking!
I buy collections! Please contact me if you have a collection for sale or know of one that is available. I will pay a finder's fee to anyone that can point me to an eventual purchase!



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