The Supreme Court declined to review a case from a coalition of Native American people, religious groups and others who say the planned mine will destroy a sacred site.

The Trump administration has said it plans to move forward with the transfer of land in Tonto National Forest to a company that will develop a copper mine.

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an Apache religious challenge to a copper mine that could turn the tribe's sacred site into a 1,000-foot-deep industrial crater.