Rifle Shot
Rifle Shot is a quarry in Sierra, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,736 feet. Rifle Shot is situated nearby to the village Winston, as well as near the hamlet Chloride.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Address: NM
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winston and Chloride.
Winston
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winston is a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Winston had a population of 47. Winston has a post office with ZIP code 87943, which opened on August 15, 1881. Winston is situated 2½ miles west of Rifle Shot.
Chloride
Hamlet
Chloride is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Sierra County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The community is located on the eastern flanks of the Black Range at the confluence of Chloride Creek with Mineral Creek. Chloride is situated 4 miles west of Rifle Shot.
Rifle Shot
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.3334° or 33° 20′ 0″ northLongitude
-107.60698° or 107° 36′ 25″ westElevation
6,736 feet (2,053 metres)Open location code
855J89MV+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 369158133OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Rifle Shot” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rifle Shot”
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