Facts on Uravan, Colorado

• Uravan, Colorado was in Montrose County, US Zip Code of 81436, location is 38?2'6"N 108?4'9"W; elevation is 4,992 feet
• Standard Chemical Company (SCC) was the original owner of the Joe Jr. Mill, named for Joseph Flannery, Junior, the owner. SCC also had a radium refinery at Cannonsberg, Ohio.
• U.S. Vanadium (USV) was acquired by Union Carbide and Carbon in 1926.
• In 1929 USV acquired the SCC holdings at what was then known as the Joe Jr. Camp.
• Uravan received its name in 1936 as a result of a company-sponsored contest.
• "uravan" comes from the first three letters of uranium and vanadium.
• The Joe Jr. Mill was torn down and USV built a mill on the hillside that was operational until 1957.
• 1936 is the date that the mill began production on the hillside.
• The USV mill was part of the Manhattan project that produced uranium for the first atomic bomb.