ABSTRACT
       The contents of this report are summarized as follows:
       1. The aim of the project was to find economic mineral deposits in the area. Chromite deposits in ultrabasic rocks were the first target for exploration.
       2. Based on the results of the previous work and of the photogeological survey in 1977, geological survey was carried out this year (1978).
       Amount of work in 1978 can be enumerated as follows: reconnaissance geological survey (map scale 1/25.000) 320 km² semi-detailed geological survey (map scale 1/10.000) 120 km² detailed geological survey (map scale 1/2.000) 10 km² sketch of trenches (map scale 1/100, 1/500, etc.) 202 places sketch of galleries (map scale 1/500) 950 m
       3. Field survey was done from 19 July 1978 to 07 October 1978. Four Turkish and four Japanese geologists participated in the survey.
       4. Administratively, project area belongs to Aşkale and Tercan district of Erzurum province, Çayırlı district of Erzincan province and Bayburt district of Gumüşhane province.
       It is located between 39^o51'21"N and 40^o03'39"N latitudinally and between 40^o07'30"E and 40^o37'30"E longitudinally. Topographic maps used are Erzincan i-44, a₂, b₁.2.3, Trabzon h-44, c₃.4, Tortum h-45, d₄ and Erzurum i-45, a₁.4.
        5. Two mountain ranges, one in the northern part of the area (tentatively called Kop mountain range) and another in the southern part of the area (tentatively called Meyram mountain range), run from east to west. Between them, Karasu the uppermost stream of the Fırat (Euphrates) flows from east to west.