Province/ State/City

Project

Rock Formation

Rock Type

Depth/ Elevation (m)

Tensile Strength (MPa)

Uniaxial Compressive Strength UCS (MPa)

Elastic Modulus E (GPa)

Poisson’s Ratio ν

Swelling Potential (%)

Source of Data

Ontario/ Elliot Lake

Mine

_

Quartzite

390

_

31.0 - 44.1

80.0

_

_

[18]

Ontario/ Elliot Lake

Mine

_

Sandstone/ Quartzite

204.8 - 701.0

_

_

76.0

_

_

[29]

Ontario/ Elliot Lake

Mine

_

Quartzite

390 - 415

_

_

80.0

_

_

[30]

_

Diabase

256

_

_

93.0

_

_

Ontario/ Kincardine

Typical Values From Different Sites In Southern Ontario For The Bruce Nuclear Site

Lockport Goat Island

Dolostone

_

_

137.0 - 282.0

58.0 - 81.0

0.2 - 0.4

0.0 h

[8] [20]

Lockport Gasport

Shaly limestone

_

_

27.0 - 255.0

25.0 - 70.0

0.1 - 0.5

0.08 h

De Cew

Dolostone/ Mudstone

_

5

74.0 - 174.0

43.0 - 57.0

0.3 - 0.4

0.04 h

Irondequoit

_

_

_

60.0 - 185.0

50.0 - 78.0

0.1 - 0.5

_

Reynales

_

_

_

53.0 - 141.0

22.0 - 49.0

0.2 - 0.5

_

Cabot Head

_

_

5.0 - 14.0

20.0 - 127.0

_

_

_

Queenston

Shale

_

1.0 - 15.0

12.0 - 118.0

7.0 - 34.0

0.1 - 0.5

0.3 h

Georgian Bay

Shale

_

_

3.0 - 206.0

1.0 - 58.0

0.1 - 0.5

0.15 h

Ontario/ Kincardine

Typical Values From Different Sites In Southern Ontario For The Bruce Nuclear Site

Cobourg

_

_

_

22.0 - 140.0

10.0 - 67.0

0.1 - 0.6

_

[8] [20]

Lockport Eramosa

Dolostone

_

_

118.0

63.0

0.4

0.0 h

Rochester

Shale

_

_

85.0

23.0

_

0.07 h

Grimsby

Sandstone/ Shale

_

_

25.0

8.0

_

0.27 h

Power Glen

Sandstone/ Shale

_

_

26.0

9.0

_

0.17 h

Blue Mountain

Shale

_

_

27.0

2.0

_

0.15 h

Collingwood

Black shale

_

_

80.0

20.0

_

0.0 h

Grey mudstone

_

_

58.0

10.0

_

0.15 h

Lindsay

Limestone with shaly interbeds

_

_

110.0

46.0

_

0.05 h

Verulam

Shaly limestone

_

_

23.0

57.0

_

0.05 h

Gull River

Limestone

_

_

143.0

63.0

_

0.0 h

Precambrian

Medium grained

_

_

190.0

60.0

_

0.0 h

Ontario/ Kincardine

Typical values from different sites in Southern Ontario for the Bruce nuclear site

Granitic Gneiss

Coarse grained

_

_

140

46

_

0.0 h

[8] [20]

Amherstburg

Dolostone

_

_

33.0 - 113.0

8.0 - 40.0

_

_

Limestone

_

_

23.0 - 182.0

12.0 - 66.0

_

_

Ontario/

Mississauga

Heart Lake tunnel

Georgian Bay

Shale

6.0 - 18.2

_

_

12.4

0.15

_

[2]