An old copper mine, worked from 1775 until 1777, but possibly started earlier since copper mining in this area was documented already in 1479. The mine worked the outcrop of a copper-bearing vein. The nature of this deposit is not known.

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References

Nickel, E., and Fettel, M. (1985): Odenwald. Sammlung geologischer Führer Vol. 65, 2nd ed., Bornträger (Berlin, Stuttgart), 231 pp.

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Copper mine Mine
Rimbach Community
Bergstraße District
Darmstadt Region
Hesse City-State
Germany Country