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Income Tax (Sources of Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	$ (18,926)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ (74,861)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ (90,803)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
U.S.
Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	(6,705)us-gaap_FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember	(49,124)us-gaap_FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember	(52,448)us-gaap_FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Foreign Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	(4,471)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember	(16,197)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember	(26,393)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
Canada [Member]
Foreign Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	$ (7,750)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = vgz_CanadaMember	$ (9,540)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = vgz_CanadaMember	$ (11,962)us-gaap_ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = vgz_CanadaMember

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Amount of current and deferred income tax expense (benefit) attributable to income (loss) from continuing domestic operations within the country of domicile of the entity.

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