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Fluorine, Nevada

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Beatty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89003. It lies near Bare Mountain Peak. The Survey maps it on the Beatty Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fluorine within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fluorine (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2011Natural6.3 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSILICONE
10 July 2006Natural2.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCHARH WALL
14 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSTAGECOACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Fluorine (historical): 34 past producers, 21 occurrences, 21 prospects, 9 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Balik ClaimGold, Copper, SulfurOccurrenceVein
Bond & Marks DepositClay, AluminumPast Producer
Butler ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProspect
Butler ProspectUranium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Bvc ClaimsGold, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Carrara AreaMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Carrara LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crowell MineSilica, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, CalciumPast Producer1918, 1919
Daisy Gold MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Mercury, Clay, Arsenic, Copper, Molybdenum, ThalliumProducer1918, 1919, 2001
Daisy MineFluorine-Fluorite, Mercury, UraniumPast Producer1906

Every working recorded in Nye County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Beatty3.6 miles25
Gold Center3.9 miles24
Carrara (historical)6.0 miles24
Hot Springs6.4 miles25
Rhyolite7.1 miles25
Bullfrog (historical)7.2 miles25
Original (historical)9.8 miles24
Springdale10.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851861. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.