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Organization And Nature Of Business	9 Months Ended
Organization And Nature Of Business	Sep. 30, 2014
Organization And Nature Of Business [Abstract]
Organization And Nature Of Business	1.Organization and Nature of Business Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. (the Company, our and words of similar import) is an integrated midstream energy company, principally focused on developing and owning transloading facilities and marketing and transporting crude oil and related products within the Williston Basin. Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC (DPT), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed in April 2011 primarily to participate in the ownership and operation of a transloading facility near New Town, North Dakota through which producers, transporters and marketers may transload crude oil and related products from and onto the Canadian Pacific Railway. Dakota Plains Marketing, LLC (DPM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed in April 2011 primarily to engage in the purchase, sale, storage, transport and marketing of hydrocarbons produced within North Dakota to or from refineries and other end-users or persons. Dakota Plains Trucking, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed in September 2012 primarily to engage in the transportation by road of hydrocarbons and materials used or produced in the extraction of hydrocarbons to or from refineries and other end-users or persons, wherever located. Dakota Plains Sand, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed in May 2014 primarily to participate in the ownership and operation of a sand transloading facility near New Town, North Dakota. The Company is governed by its board of directors and managed by its officers.