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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
REVENUE:      
Gold and silver sales $ 45,303us-gaap_RevenueMineralSales $ 45,982us-gaap_RevenueMineralSales $ 5,966us-gaap_RevenueMineralSales
Total Revenue 45,303us-gaap_Revenues 45,982us-gaap_Revenues 5,966us-gaap_Revenues
COSTS AND EXPENSES:      
Production costs applicable to sales 40,608us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 34,594us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 3,861us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Mine operating costs     8,507us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Mine construction costs 1,723us-gaap_OtherConstructionCosts 1,383us-gaap_OtherConstructionCosts 14,260us-gaap_OtherConstructionCosts
Mine development costs 1,829us-gaap_ConstructionAndDevelopmentCosts 847us-gaap_ConstructionAndDevelopmentCosts  
Exploration costs 11,332us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining 24,829us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining 47,179us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining
Property holding costs 6,365us-gaap_CarryingCostsPropertyAndExplorationRights 4,584us-gaap_CarryingCostsPropertyAndExplorationRights 7,207us-gaap_CarryingCostsPropertyAndExplorationRights
General and administrative expenses 12,069us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 14,001us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 16,841us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Acquisition costs     1,513us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Depreciation 979us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 942us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 1,033us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Accretion of asset retirement obligation and reclamation expenses (note 6) 407us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense 461us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense 447us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense
Loss (income) from investment in Minera Santa Cruz S.A., net of amortization (note 7) 5,284us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (846)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (20,835)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Impairment of investment in Minera Santa Cruz S.A. (note 7) 21,162us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOtherThanTemporaryImpairment 95,878us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOtherThanTemporaryImpairment  
Impairment of mineral property interests and property and equipment (note 6) 353,736us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 62,963us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 18,468us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Gain (loss) on sale of assets (26)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 6,743us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment (1,110)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Total costs and expenses 455,468us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 246,379us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 97,371us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating loss (410,165)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (200,397)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (91,405)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):      
Interest income, net of interest expense 259us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 262us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 228us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Loss on sale of marketable equity securities     (70)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesRealizedGainLossExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments
Other-than-temporary impairment on marketable equity securities     (1,993)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
(Loss) gain on sales of gold and silver bullion held as investments   (223)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments 3,075us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments
Unrealized loss on gold and silver bullion held as investments     (359)us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnInvestments
Registration taxes (6,788)mux_RegistrationTaxes    
Gain (loss) on litigation settlement   560us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet (3,830)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet
Foreign currency (loss) gain (2,419)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax (1,309)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 456us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Total other income (expense) (8,948)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (710)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (2,493)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Loss before income taxes (419,113)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (201,107)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (93,898)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax recovery (note 9) 107,170us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 53,365us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 27,244us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net loss (311,943)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic (147,742)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic (66,654)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):      
Reclassification of unrealized gain on marketable securities disposed of during the period, net of taxes     1,000us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes 419us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent (1)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent (5)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent
Comprehensive loss $ (311,524)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax $ (147,743)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax $ (65,659)us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Net loss per share (note 12):      
Basic (in dollars per share) $ (1.05)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.50)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.26)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share) $ (1.05)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.50)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.26)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding (thousands) (note 12):      
Basic (in shares) 297,763us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 297,041us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 261,223us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted (in shares) 297,763us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 297,041us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 261,223us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding