Okpella area is the eastern extension of the Igarra Schist Belt, Southwestern Nigerian Basement Complex. The area
comprises granite gneiss, metasedimentary rocks and Pan-African intrusives. Metasedimentary rocks occurring in
the area include garnet-biotite schist, marble and calc-silicate gneiss, quartzite and Banded Iron Formation (BIF).
The Pan-African intrusives include granite, charnockite, hybrid rocks, pegmatite, aplite and basic dykes. Structural
data of rocks in the area suggest the presence of two contrasting structural trends. The older one which appears
restrictedto thegranite gneiss, calc-silicate gneissandgarnet-biotite schisttrendsENE-WSWtoEW with moderate dips
to the south. The latter NW-SE to NS trend is pervasive and occurs in all the metasediments and granite gneiss. These
two trends are related to two deformational episodes and probably two orogenic periods. All the metasediments
show affinity for sedimentary parentage, the granite gneiss is probably of igneous origin while the intrusives are
magmatic. The charnockite-granite hybrid rock probably represents a zone of magma mixing between two
contrasting magmas that were emplaced contemporaneously. The occurrence of metacarbonates in association with
deformed metapelites as well as the complete absence of metavolcanics in the area suggests deposition of their
protoliths in a continental environment along which crustal distention occurred. A sequence of nine geological
events is suggested for the evolution of the area as deduced from field observation