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Directors Affected by Gold Fields Management Scheme Modification (Detail) (Stock Appreciation Rights, The Gold Fields Limited 2005 Share Plan, USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Nicholas J. Holland
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options	121,428us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = gfi_GfLimitedTwoThousandAndFiveSharePlanMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = gfi_ExecutiveDirectorOneMember	49,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = gfi_GfLimitedTwoThousandAndFiveSharePlanMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = gfi_ExecutiveDirectorOneMember
Average instrument price	$ 8.21us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = gfi_GfLimitedTwoThousandAndFiveSharePlanMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = gfi_ExecutiveDirectorOneMember	$ 12.80us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = gfi_GfLimitedTwoThousandAndFiveSharePlanMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = gfi_ExecutiveDirectorOneMember
Contractual life extended by (years)	1 month 28 days	22 days
Paul Schmidt
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Contractual life extended by (years)	2 months 1 day	22 days

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