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Fluorine

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

Bare Mtn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:62,500)
Bare Mtn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fluorine is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is one of 109 former communities in Nye County on the federal names register. No county in Nevada has more among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fluorine as a historical populated place on the Beatty Mountain topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.8863° N, 116.6970° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBeatty Mountain
Elevation4,260 ft
Nearest living townBeatty, NV
Distance to it7.7 miles
GNIS feature ID851861
Coordinates36.88634, -116.69700

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What's there now

Fluorine is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Beatty, NV (population 637), about 7.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,260 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Fluorine?

Fluorine is in Nye County, Nevada, at 36.8863, -116.6970.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

Nye County, Nevada has 109 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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