The Pandora occurrence lies in the northwestern section of the Zeballos gold camp on a south facing slope, north of the Zeballos River and near Blacksand Creek.

The area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group basaltic to rhyolitic volcanic rocks. Dioritic to granodioritic Jurassic plutons of the Zeballos intrusion phase of the Island Plutonic Suite have intruded the volcanic rocks. The Eocene Zeballos stock, a quartz diorite phase of the Catface Intrusions, is spatially related to gold-quartz veining in the area.

The Pandora occurrence is comprised of a 10 centimetre wide zone of gouge within a 0.1 to 2.0 metre wide shear zone in white granodiorite of the Late Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The shear zone strikes 058 degrees and dips vertically. The gouge contains fragments of quartz which range up to 2.5 centimetres in length and contain small amounts of pyrite. Gold content is unknown.

A shear zone which was reported to host mineralized quartz was well exposed by open cuts and stripping in 1939 but, is now covered by debris.

Work History

In 1999, Zeb Oro Explorations Inc. prospected the area as the Zeb Oro property. In 2014, the area was prospected as the Zeballos Vancouver Island property. In 2017, the area was prospected as the Zeballos property.

In 2021, J.T. Shearer conducted geochemical rock analysis and review of occurrences in the area known as the Zeballos North Gold Project. Rock samples collected near the Blackbird occurrence (092L 130).