Its mountain summit lies around 3 kilometres west of Halenfeld (part of Buchet), 3.8 km west-northwest of Wascheid (part of Gondenbrett) and 3.3 km (each as the crow flies) north of Sellerich; the boundary between Buchet and Sellerich runs over the top.

In the vicinity is the town of Prüm to the southeast as well as the villages of Bleialf to the west-southwest and Ormont to the northeast.

This small boundary stone was named after French geographer, Jean Joseph Tranchot (1752–1815), who undertook a survey of the Rhinelands by order of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The heavily wooded mountain ridge is covered mainly with spruce and is host to a number of rare wild species including the European wildcat.

[citation needed] The name of the mountain is derived from the nearby abandoned lead ore mine in Bleialf from which the miners would return with blackened faces.