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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
	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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