Uravan
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.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 4,990 feet (1,520 metres)
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as“Joe Junior Mill”“Uravan, CO”“Uravan, Colorado”
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Latitude
38.36832° or 38° 22′ 6″ north
Longitude
-108.73649° or 108° 44′ 11″ west
Open location code
85CH9797+8C
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Uravan” goes by many names.
铀钒镇Chinese
UravanHungarian
ŁeetsoNavajo
UravanPolish
یوراوان، کولوراڈوUrdu
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