Latitude: 49°41'9"N
Longitude: 8°0'15"E
Gruben am Koppelberg, Orbis, Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Mercury deposit, worked from 1762 to 1780. Material originating from the dumps may still be found on the fields around. Several old mines worked on the structurally controlled hydrothermal occurrences. Located on the Koppelberg hill near Orbis, around 3 km north of Kirchheimbolanden.
References
- Walling, H. (2005): Der Erzbergbau in der Pfalz von seinen Anfängen bis zu seinem Ende. - Landesamt für Geologie und Bergbau Rheinland-Pfalz, 228 pp.
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