ABSTRACT: The surveyed area is situated on the northeastern flank of the Ugaz Mountain, 42` km southeast of Kastamonu.* Palaozoic, Mesozoie and Tertiary .formations are represented in. the area. The Palaeozoic formations lie at the basement of the Ilgaz Mountain and are composed of micaceous epidote and chlorite schists formed during the epimethamorphie phase. They occur as sericite schist and graphite schist in .places.. In, addition, •there are .large Hocks of recrystallized nodular limestones within schists. The Mesozok formations are dominated `by the Upper Cretaceous limestones which were deposited in the neritic .zone and developed during the limestone- phase* these limestones contain, fossils of Maestrichtien age- Tertiary formations are represented by micro and cryptocrystâüine limestones with an abundant fossil content; exposures of sandstone, conglomerate and basalt are also found in. places.. Based on the fossil content» these `units, .are determined as Paleogene. The Alpine orbgenic phases effected the area, and consequently, folds.», faults and joints were formed.. As for mineralization, there are some promising areas for nickel» Nickel content reaches •0,27 `% in these locations. Apart from it there are two separate chromite and one -asbestos oeeurences in the area.