Abstract: Zircons enriched from the lower parts of the Gümüşler Formation, forming the lowest unit of theNiğde Massif, have been dated by the U/Pb method. The discordia trajectory, as determined by five nonmagneticsize fractions of the heterogeneous zircons, intersects the concordia at To=2059±77 my and T,=217±4 my. To ageindicates that the paragneisses received elastics from a Proterozoic aged source terrain. T, age suggests that apossible early Alpine (Kimmerian) event may have affected the paragnesses. However there is se far no geologicalsupport for such an event and this age is open for further interpretations.