Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current:
Federal	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Deferred:
Federal	0	0	(76,081)
Income taxes provision	0	0	(76,081)
Reconciliation of Tax Rate:
Federal statutory rate	(34.00%)	(34.00%)	(34.00%)
Change in valuation allowance	32.00%	33.90%	32.90%
Other	2.00%	0.10%	0.40%
Effective income tax rate	0.00%	0.00%	(0.70%)
The tax effect of these temporary differences representing deferred tax:
Asset retirement obligation	997,035	609,905
Mineral rights and properties, plant, and equipment	(846,679)	(695,728)
Mining exploration, development, claims, and permit costs	7,812,828	5,576,631
Derivatives - change in fair value	30,600	(487,274)
Stock-based compensation	1,720,564	2,261,053
Net operating loss carryforward	45,411,753	40,925,397
Transaction costs	1,392,079	1,362,388
Other	194,145	48,048
Valuation allowance	(56,712,325)	(49,600,420)
Total net deferred tax assets	0	0
Net operating loss carryforwards	133,600,000
Change in valuation allowance	$ 7,111,905	$ 10,467,065	$ 3,897,000