Carbon and oxygen isotope signature of hydrothermal mineral deposits in a post-collisional magmatic-hydrothermal system: a review from North Macedonia

The subaerial magmatic-hydrothermal system exposed on the territory of Republic of North Macedonia represents a natural laboratory for studies of ore-forming processes associated with post-collisional magmatism. In this part of the Balkan Peninsula, neotectonics uplifted and exposed Tertiary post-collisional mineral deposits formed at different crustal levels, including deeply sitting porphyry Cu deposits, proximal and distal skarn deposits, and Carlin-like deposits. Locally epithermal deposits are also preserved. This paper summarizes and discusses previously published carbon and oxygen isotope data obtained from gangue carbonates collected from the key deposits in North Macedonia.