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] |