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Fair Value Accounting (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	15.00%
Mill equipment	$ 6,500,000	$ 10,000,000
Estimated life of mine in years	9 years
Level 3 percentage of fair value assets	32.00%
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mill equipment	6,500,000	10,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Weighted average gold price per ounce (in dollars per ounce)	832
Timing of commencement of commercial production	2 years
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Weighted average gold price per ounce (in dollars per ounce)	$ 884
Estimated gold production (in ounces)	615,000
Timing of commencement of commercial production	4 years

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Represents the sum of the carrying value of all the Assets Held-for-Sale at the balance sheet date.

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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