Subsequent Events (Details)											9 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2020 USD ($) miningClaim $ / shares shares	Oct. 09, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 08, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 05, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($) promissoryNote	Jun. 04, 2020 USD ($)	May 22, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	May 21, 2020 USD ($) miningClaim	Feb. 25, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2020 $ / shares	Sep. 08, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 06, 2020 USD ($) promissoryNote	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 18, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 14, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of convertible preferred stock											$ 0					$ 0
Principal amount														$ 4,475,000
Loss on early retirement of GF Comstock debenture											(67,127)	$ (284,647)
Long-term debt											$ 4,765,254					5,412,074
Net smelter return percentage											3.00%
Tonogold Resources, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of convertible preferred stock								$ 7,600,000			$ 2,600,000					6,100,000	$ 100,000	$ 500,000	$ 7,600,000	$ 750,000	$ 830,000	$ 3,920,000
Weighted average conversion price (in dollars per share)								120.00%
Closing stock price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares								$ 0.18			$ 0.39		$ 0.18
Lease Purchase Option, New Daney
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Unpatented mining claims, purchased | miningClaim									7
Claims purchase price									$ 100,000
Payments to acquire mineral rights							$ 1,000		$ 10,000
Three Promissory Notes | Unsecured Debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount															$ 4,475,000
Discount on issuance of debt															$ 255,000
Long-term debt											$ 4,500,000
Number of promissory notes | promissoryNote															3
Tonogold Resources, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of convertible preferred stock											$ 6,100,000					$ 6,100,000
Hercules Gold USA LLC
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Option to purchase royalties per patented or unpatented claim										$ 750
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock redemption price					$ 2,600,000
Weighted average conversion price (in dollars per share)					120.00%
Subsequent Event | Tonogold Resources, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of convertible preferred stock					$ 2,200,000
Subsequent Event | Como Project Claims
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Unpatented mining claims, sold | miningClaim	8
Total consideration received (in shares) | shares	100,000
Net smelter return percentage	2.00%
Total consideration value	$ 65,000
Closing stock price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.65
Subsequent Event | Lease Purchase Option, New Daney
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire mineral rights			$ 85,000
Subsequent Event | Concorde Trust
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 3,680,000
Number of promissory notes | promissoryNote						2
Subsequent Event | Georges Trust
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 3,040,000.00
Subsequent Event | Revised Promissory Note, Concorde Trust [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount						640,000
Subsequent Event | Jolcover
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal payment, debt amount						150,000
Discount on issuance of debt						1,216
Loss on early retirement of GF Comstock debenture						$ 7,848
Subsequent Event | Three Promissory Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal payment, debt amount		$ 500,000		$ 1,700,000
Discount on issuance of debt		30,213			15,143
Loss on early retirement of GF Comstock debenture				$ 118,548
Subsequent Event | Three Promissory Notes | Unsecured Debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 1,900,000
Subsequent Event | Tonogold Resources, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock redemption price					$ 2,200,000
Weighted average conversion price (in dollars per share)					120.00%
Subsequent Event | Hercules Gold USA LLC
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Option to purchase royalties per patented or unpatented claim	$ 750