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Debt (Narrative) (Details) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 CAD | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Feb. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable |  |  |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_ShortTermBankLoansAndNotesPayable | $ 9,637,000 us-gaap_ShortTermBankLoansAndNotesPayable |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Secured Debt |  |  | (9,637,000)us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSecuredDebt |  | 0 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSecuredDebt | 9,637,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSecuredDebt |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  | 8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage | 8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage |  |  |
Total Debt Closing Fees |  |  | 3.50 vgz_TotalDebtClosingFees |  |  |  |
Debt Issuance Cost |  |  | (99,000)us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts | 100,000 us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts | 99,000 us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts |  |
Shares Issued As Debt Issuance Costs |  |  | 125,798 vgz_SharesIssuedAsDebtIssuanceCosts |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,344,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Shares Issued As Consideration To Lender for Extended Maturity Date Of Loan |  |  |  |  |  | 486,382 vgz_SharesIssuedAsConsiderationToLenderForExtendedMaturityDateOfLoan |
Repayments of Debt | $ 2,960,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt | $ 1,344,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt |  |  | $ 6,344,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt | $ 2,960,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt | $ 5,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember

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