ABSTRACT:  Although tin minerals have been determined in Anatolia, any tin deposit, economicaly feasible, hasnot been explored yet However, tin was. used as. an alloy material five thousand years ago in the country of the civiliza- " tions, Anatolia,. Existance of tin deposit which was exploited in the period of Before Christ in Anatolia, has been explored by geo-archaeological researches in recent years,. The: mentioned old tin mine is in the village of Celaller area. (Niğde). Existance of cassiterite`mineral in that area was explored, in. 1986. The origin of the word cassiterite is old Greek language and it was derivated from, "kassiteros". The word kassiteros has still being used in the meaning of tin in Greek language. ,_. Research works that is oriented to find out the existance` of tin in Anatolia has. started from second half of the nineteenth century and covered. 124 years till now,.. Cassiterite: mineral.izati.oo. which has certainly been, located in Celaller» Turkey,, points out that new tin. exploration studies should be carried out in this region, in order to findnew deposits.