Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Insurance	$ 149,887	$ 29,061
Lease costs	105,398	396,043
Reclamation bonding	96,870	188,058
Surface use and damage costs	164,879	205,400
Other	54,400	5,600
Current prepaid expenses and deposits	571,434	824,162
Deposits	106,587	29,771
Power supply advance	674,200	674,200
Surface use and damage costs	284,242	320,165
Non-current prepaid expenses and deposits	$ 1,065,029	$ 1,024,136