CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash	$ 10,745	$ 415,090
Accounts receivable	1,475	66,883
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	63,852	92,195
Total Current Assets	76,072	574,168
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of $140,993 and $88,976	325,740	377,757
MINERAL PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS (Note 4)	885,556	835,237
RECLAMATION BONDS (Note 4)	150,581	149,981
TOTAL ASSETS	1,437,949	1,937,143
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	111,928	6,771
Accrued expenses	75,273	22,886
Derivative liability-put option (Notes 7 and 9)	0	25,193
Derivative liability-conversion option (Notes 7 and 8)	188,560	230,714
Interest payable (Note 8)	885,521	419,559
Notes payable-net of discount (Note 8)	4,935,896	4,710,286
Convertible debt-net of discount (Note 6)	587,264	534,764
Total Current Liabilities	6,784,442	5,950,173
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Asset retirement obligation (Note 4)	62,141	57,502
TOTAL LIABILITIES	6,846,583	6,007,675
COMMITMENTS (Note 9)
STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT (Note 3)
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized Series A: 958,033 shares issued and outstanding	958	958
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized Series A-1: No shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized Series A-2: 180,000 and 100,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	180	100
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 8,460,973 and 8,314,883 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	8,463	8,316
Additional paid-in capital	6,088,487	5,058,563
Accumulated deficit prior to exploration stage	(1,016,591)	(1,016,591)
Accumulated deficit during exploration stage	(10,490,131)	(8,121,878)
Total Stockholders Deficit	(5,408,634)	(4,070,532)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT	$ 1,437,949	$ 1,937,143