Uravan körzet, (Montrose County, Colorado)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/45889
- Anmerkung
- "Uravan (a contraction of uranium/vanadium) is an abandoned uranium mining town in western Montrose County, Colorado, United States, that is now a Superfund site. 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.
The town was located approximately 90 miles (140 km) south-southwest of Grand Junction along the San Miguel River. At one time, over 800 people lived in Uravan, and the town housed a school, a trading center (store), medical facilities, tennis courts, a recreation center, and a pool. The school and some other facilities remained operational until at least 1983, however Uravan was shut down by mid-1985, and no trace of its former buildings remain." - (Wikipedia (en) 12.08.2021) - Geographische Länge
- 38.36833190918
- Geographische Breite
- -108.73638916016
- Höhe über Normalnull
- 1.521
- Time zone
- America/Denver
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