ABSTRACT: The studies to determine the excavatability properties of rocks contribute to the applicability of theengineering project in terms of the cost of excavation. In this study, excavatability properties of EarlyCarboniferous aged Gümüşhane Granotiod outcropped in the residential area of Gümüşhane were  examined. Firstly, four different areas were selected and the rock masses were grouped according to theirdegree of weathering based on the description criteria of ISRM. As a result of these studies, the rockmasses in field-1, field-2 and field-3 were determined as moderately weathered. The weathering degree ofrock mass in field-4 was highly weathered. In the second stage, properties of discontinuities andgeomechanical parameters of intact rock material were determined. In the next stage, RMR89, Q and GSIvalues of rock masses were determined and the rock masses were classified using the excavatabilityclassification systems. Moderately and highly weathered rock masses were classified to be in ripping anddigging categories, respectively. It was determined that the moderately weathered rock masses wereripped by using hydraulic breaker and the highly weathered rock masses were digged by using face shovel.In the final stage, the data obtained from these studies and the excavation works in the selected areas werecompared. According to the results, the excavation methods suggested by Tsiambaos and Saroglou (2009)are completely compatible with in-situ excavation works.