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Michigan Tourism

Caledonia Mine - Ontonagon, Michigan

Caledonia Mine.jpgCaledonia Mine - Ontonagon, Michigan

Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior are the Porcupine Mountains.  Here you will be able to play miner for a day if you want to at the Caledonia Mine.  You can spend the day digging your way through a pile of ore and search for native copper, silver, datolite, quartz, feldspar, calcite and epidotic.  With that many different minerals to find you will probably come out with a number of different specimens.  You can have your own private pile to work with.  It is a great time for couples, families or groups. The times are between 9 am and 1 pm EST.

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