🏚️ Uravan, Colorado

United States · Americas · 38.37°N, 108.74°W

Uravan is a former uranium mining town in western Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The town was a company town established by U. S. Vanadium Corporation in 1936 to extract the rich vanadium ore in the region. As a byproduct of vanadium extraction, small amounts of uranium were also produced, at the time mostly used as a yellow pigment for ceramics.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	38.37°N, 108.74°W · view on map

Uravan, Colorado is located in United States, in Americas.

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