River View Placer
River View Placer is a quarry in Bernalillo, New Mexico and has an elevation of 5,896 feet.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Starfire Optical Range and National Solar Thermal Test Facility.
Starfire Optical Range
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Starfire Optical Range is a United States Air Force research laboratory on the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Its primary duty, according to the official website, is to "develop and demonstrate optical wavefront control technologies." The range is a secure lab facility and is a division of the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Starfire Optical Range is situated 2 miles southeast of River View Placer.
National Solar Thermal Test Facility
Military installation
Photo: Nsttf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Operated by Sandia National Laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Solar Thermal Test Facility is the only test facility of this type in the United States. National Solar Thermal Test Facility is situated 2½ miles southwest of River View Placer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnuel.
Carnuel
Hamlet
Carnuel is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carnuel had a population of 1,019. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Carnuel is situated 5 miles north of River View Placer.
River View Placer
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.99035° or 34° 59′ 25″ northLongitude
-106.48336° or 106° 29′ 0″ westElevation
5,896 feet (1,797 metres)Open location code
856MXGR8+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 369157347OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“River View Placer” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “River View Placer”
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