Cenozoic magmatism and metallogeny in Serbia: Insights from the Rudnik volcano-intrusive complex

This field guide accompanies the pre-conference field trip of the 17th EGU Émile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies and presents key exposures of the Rudnik volcano-intrusive complex and the associated Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag skarn deposit in central Serbia. The excursion focuses on the relationships between Oligocene-Miocene post-collisional magmatism, hydrothermal activity, contact metamorphism, and polymetallic ore formation within the Serbo-Macedonian Cenozoic magmatic-metallogenic province. The principal field stops are located within the Rudnik volcano-intrusive complex and encompass quartz-latite volcanic and subvolcanic facies, diatreme breccias, contact-metamorphic rocks, and underground exposures of skarn-hosted sulfide mineralization. To place the Rudnik system within a broader volcanological context, the field trip also includes the nearby Borac volcanic complex, which preserves a more complete record of volcanic and pyroclastic facies associated with Oligocene-Miocene post‐collisional magmatism in central Serbia. The selected localities provide complementary insights into the volcanic, subvolcanic, and hydrothermal processes that governed the evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal systems and associated Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag mineralization within the Serbo-Macedonian Cenozoic magmatic-metallogenic province.