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Revenue Participation Rights (Details Textual) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2012 "Cambridge" project [Member] | Dec. 31, 2011 "Cambridge" project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 "Republic" (now "Seattle") project [Member] | Dec. 31, 2011 "Republic" (now "Seattle") project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Galt Resources, LLC [Member] Times | Dec. 31, 2011 Galt Resources, LLC [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Galt Resources, LLC [Member] Accrued Liabilities [Member] | Feb. 28, 2011 Galt Resources, LLC [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 HMS Victory Project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 First payment [Member] "Cambridge" project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Second payment [Member] "Cambridge" project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Second payment [Member] "Cambridge" project [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Second payment [Member] "Cambridge" project [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Third payment [Member] "Cambridge" project [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 SS Giarsoppa [Member] Galt Resources, LLC [Member] T
Revenue Participation Rights (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue Participation Certificates, per unit value |  |  |  |  | 50,000 |  | 50,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of revenue owed to certificate holder, per each million invested |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00% |  | 1.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares, issued, per unit |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of revenue owed to certificate holders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |  | 7.5125% | 100.00% | 24.75% |  |  | 12.375% |
Investment for future revenue rights |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7,512,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue owed to certificate holder |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 825,000 |  | 4,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 35,000,000 |
Participating revenue rights |  | 4,643,750 | 4,643,750 | 8,400,000 | 825,000 | 825,000 | 62,500 | 62,500 | 3,756,250 | 7,512,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ratio to initial investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recovery, Commencement and Refining process of Silver |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48
Proceed from sale of silver, percentage |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceed from sale of silver allocated to recovery cost recapture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Due from Proceed from sale of silver |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15,025,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected revenue proceeds from investment during three months period ending December 31,2012 |  | 12,506,756 | 12,506,756 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceed from sale of silver |  |  | 5,036,489 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,518,244 |  | 3,756,250 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Revenue |  | 6,671,829 | 6,671,829 | 3,545,140 |  |  |  |  | 3,126,689 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue Participation Rights (Additional Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Due from Proceed from sale of silver, percentage |  |  | 17.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue, amortization of Participating revenue rights, percentage |  | 17.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue, amortization | $ 3,126,689 | $ 629,561 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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