2.4.0.8103 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment, Nettruefalsefalse1false falsefalsefrom-2013-01-01-to-2013-06-30.363.0.0.0.0.0.0.0http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001120970duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Properties, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" --><div> <div><!--StartFragment--> <p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px"> <strong>3. Properties, Plant and Equipment, Net</strong></p> <p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"> During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company sold vehicles previously used in mining operations with a gross book value of $3,165,746 for a loss of $1,015,496. The loss is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.</p> <p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"> For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company made capital expenditures totaling $1,262,027, primarily for the design and construction of our planned heap leach expansion and for certain Merrill Crowe and related infrastructure upgrades.</p> <!--EndFragment--></div> </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 false0Properties, Plant and Equipment, NetfalseProperties, Plant and Equipment, NetUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.comstockmining.com/role/PropertiesPlantAndEquipmentNet12