Mine · San Diego County, California, United States

Portable Operation

Portable Operation is a closed mine in San Diego County, California, United States, operated by DS, Inc.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	San Diego County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed (abandoned)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	industrial sand (mainly industrial sand)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	DS, Inc.	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	5 people (annual average, in 2023)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Surface	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	32.8025, -116.9892	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this mine: 5 data centers and 4 power plants (3 operating, 1,929 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
SDSU Computer Room	Data center	—	—	8.2 km
LightEdge SAN1	Data center	—	—	13 km
Nighthawk Energy Storage, LLC	Power plant	300 MW	Under construction	15 km
AT&T Center	Data center	—	—	17 km
Otay Mesa Generating Project	Power plant	711 MW	Operating	26 km
Palomar Energy	Power plant	559 MW	Operating	37 km

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Data on this page

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.