Abstract: In the late stages of the Variscan orogeny, hypabyssal basic rocks intruded the metasedimentary sequence of the Radlovac Complex, situated in the central part of Mt. Papuk (Eastern Croatia). Sixteen samples of the intruded basic and metabasic rocks were collected, along with an additional seven samples of the surrounding metasediments. Mineral composition and other petrographic characteristics of all the samples were determined by polarised microscopy, while the chemical analyses of the basic and metabasic rocks were carried out using a combination of inductivity coupled plasma emission and mass spectrometry (ICP-ES and ICP-MS). Utilizing the available data from literature, a comparison of the basic and metabasic rocks from the Radlovac Complex with other similar magmatic occurrences throughout Europe was made. According to their petrographic characteristics, basic and metabasic rocks of the Radlovac Complex were classified as diabase affected by varying degrees of metamorphism, while the results of the chemical analyses indicate that they correspond to calc-alkaline basaltic andesites of active continental margins. Basic and metabasic rocks from the Radlovac Complex are presumed to be associated with the subduction of Paleotethys under the southern margin of Laurasia. Additionally, a general petrogenetic model for the formation of the investigated magmatic rocks was proposed. However, an alternate geotectonic setting is possible. Basic and metabasic rocks from the Radlovac Complex may also be interpreted as intracontinental tholeiitic basalts related to the initial disintegration of Pangea and modified by crustal contamination.