Geological and structural conditions of eclogitization of Paleoproterozoic basic dikes in the eastern Belomorian Mobile Belt

A new, Krasnaya Guba dike field that comprises more than 30 minor gabbronorite intrusions and dikes of “garnet” Fe-gabbro was revealed at the northeastern flank of the Belomorian Mobile Belt. Gabbronorite intrusions were emplaced along the faults that formed as a result of brittle failure under conditions of general extension. As follows from the structural relationships, dikes of Fe-gabbro are younger than gabbronorite. They were formed under compression and shearing. The mobile melt was pumped into gneisses that underwent ductile deformation. Eclogitization in the Krasnaya Guba dike field was selective and affected only dikes of Fe-gabbro and minor gabbronorite intrusions and did not develop in country rocks. The bodies of Fe-gabbro are eclogitized almost completely, whereas gabbronorite is transformed into eclogite only along shear zones. Eclogites were formed after the complete solidification of intrusive bodies, and their localization is controlled by the concentration of deformations owing to the different elastoplastic properties of gabbroic rocks and country gneisses and migmatites. The different degree of fracturing in basic dikes and country gneisses resulted in the concentration of fluid flows in fracture systems within competent rocks. Late Svecofennian pegmatites (1.86 Ga) distinctly crosscut eclogites that experienced retrograde metamorphism. The eclogitic rocks from the Krasnaya Guba are the youngest known in the Belomorye. The age of eclogitization is 2.12–1.86 Ga. A new finding of eclogitic rocks in the Belomorye, as well as previously known similar rocks near Gridino Village, emphasize tectonic activity of the northwestern Umba Collision Zone. The eclogitization of basic rocks in Krasnaya Guba is related to their desilification in shearing zones in the course of interaction of plagioclase with ortho-and clinopyroxene with the formation of garnet-omphacite aggregate and removal of silica. The currently observed texture, structure, and chemical and mineral compositions of eclogitic rocks are products of intense retrograde metamorphism.