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Deferred Income and Revenue Participation Rights - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / Security shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 0	$ 3,818,750	$ 0
"Seattle" Project [Member]
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue owed to certificate holder per each million invested	1.00%
Common shares issued per unit | shares	100,000
Galt Resources, LLC [Member] | HMS Victory Project [Member]
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 3,756,250
Revenue Participation Certificates [Member] | "Seattle" Project [Member]
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Revenue participation certificates per unit value | $ / Security	50,000
Deferred revenue		$ 62,500

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126920106&loc=SL49130549-203045

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