Experience Geology

You can experience geology at a nember of the Park's Heritage Sites. Please contact individual sites for more information.

 

Visitors explore the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum.

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A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum

The museum features minerals from the Great Lakes region and around the world.

 

Visitors prepare to enter Adventure Mine.

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Adventure Mining Company

A variety of tour options are available for you to experience geology first-hand.

 

Underground at the Delaware Mine.

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Delaware Copper Mine

As you enter the first level of the mine, you will step through geology, as you learn how a mine operated in the mid- to late 1800s.

 

The West Barracks at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park.

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Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

Discover the Keweenaw's unique geology as you explore at Fort Wilkins.

 

Lake of the Clouds at Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park

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Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Learn about the south end of the Keweenaw's geology at the Porkies.

 

Visitors enter Quincy Mine.

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Quincy Mine Tours

Walk through layers of igneous basalt on the underground tour.