1. Description of Business and Nature of Operations	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business and Nature of Operations	American Sands Energy Corp. (“AMSE” or the “Company”) is a pre-production oil company with oil sands resources located near Sunnyside, Utah that has not commenced planned principal operations. The Company’s activities since inception have consisted principally of acquiring lease rights, raising capital, performing research and development activities with regard to its oil sands extraction technology, obtaining the required permits necessary to mine the oil sands, and developing the plans to construct a refining facility. The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties including failing to secure the additional funding required to commercialize the Company’s technology. The Company intends to mine the oil sands ore using conventional mining techniques and use a proprietary solvent to extract oil from the oil sands ore. The proprietary water-free process produces high quality bitumen, recovers nearly 100% of the solvent, requires no tailings ponds, and its only by-product is reclamation ready sand. Since inception, the Company has been engaged in the business of acquiring and developing oil sands assets and technologies used to separate the oil contained in oil sands. The Company anticipates that its primary operations will include the mining of oil sands, the separation of oil products therefrom and the sale of oil and oil by-products. The Company has acquired rights to approximately 1,760 acres of prime oil sands deposits in the Sunnyside area of Utah through its mineral leases as more fully described in Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Effective January 24, 2012, the Company entered into a License, Development and Engineering Agreement with Universal Oil Recovery Corp. and SRS International (the “License Agreement”) whereby the Company was granted an exclusive non-transferable license to use certain technology in its proposed business to extract bitumen from oil sands. The territory covered by the agreement includes the State of Utah and any other geographic location in which a future designated project is commenced by or through the Company. In conjunction with the License Agreement, the Company terminated its operating agreement with Bleeding Rock. On November 18, 2013, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated License, Development and Engineering Agreement (“Amendment”) with Universal Oil Recovery LLC (“UOR”). The Amendment amends and restates the License Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment, the previous royalties of 75% on projects outside of Utah and the minimum royalty of $1,000,000 per year on such agreements have been eliminated. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company will now pay royalties on projects outside of Utah of 15% of the net fees (net of all costs other than general and administrative expenses) collected by the Company on any license of the technology. In addition, the $25,000 per month management fee is eliminated until a permanent financing is closed (minimum of $25,000,000), at which time the payment will be reinstated. In consideration of the amendment, the Company issued to UOR, 575,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company for $0.01 per share, exercisable for ten years (see Note 8). The term of the License Agreement is 20 years and thereafter so long as production of products using the technology is commercially and economically feasible.

1. Description of Business and Nature of Operations

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of Business and Nature of Operations

American Sands Energy Corp. (“AMSE” or the “Company”) is a pre-production oil company with oil sands resources located near Sunnyside, Utah that has not commenced planned principal operations. The Company’s activities since inception have consisted principally of acquiring lease rights, raising capital, performing research and development activities with regard to its oil sands extraction technology, obtaining the required permits necessary to mine the oil sands, and developing the plans to construct a refining facility. The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties including failing to secure the additional funding required to commercialize the Company’s technology.

The Company intends to mine the oil sands ore using conventional mining techniques and use a proprietary solvent to extract oil from the oil sands ore. The proprietary water-free process produces high quality bitumen, recovers nearly 100% of the solvent, requires no tailings ponds, and its only by-product is reclamation ready sand. Since inception, the Company has been engaged in the business of acquiring and developing oil sands assets and technologies used to separate the oil contained in oil sands. The Company anticipates that its primary operations will include the mining of oil sands, the separation of oil products therefrom and the sale of oil and oil by-products.

The Company has acquired rights to approximately 1,760 acres of prime oil sands deposits in the Sunnyside area of Utah through its mineral leases as more fully described in Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Effective January 24, 2012, the Company entered into a License, Development and Engineering Agreement with Universal Oil Recovery Corp. and SRS International (the “License Agreement”) whereby the Company was granted an exclusive non-transferable license to use certain technology in its proposed business to extract bitumen from oil sands. The territory covered by the agreement includes the State of Utah and any other geographic location in which a future designated project is commenced by or through the Company. In conjunction with the License Agreement, the Company terminated its operating agreement with Bleeding Rock. On November 18, 2013, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated License, Development and Engineering Agreement (“Amendment”) with Universal Oil Recovery LLC (“UOR”). The Amendment amends and restates the License Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment, the previous royalties of 75% on projects outside of Utah and the minimum royalty of $1,000,000 per year on such agreements have been eliminated. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company will now pay royalties on projects outside of Utah of 15% of the net fees (net of all costs other than general and administrative expenses) collected by the Company on any license of the technology. In addition, the $25,000 per month management fee is eliminated until a permanent financing is closed (minimum of $25,000,000), at which time the payment will be reinstated. In consideration of the amendment, the Company issued to UOR, 575,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company for $0.01 per share, exercisable for ten years (see Note 8). The term of the License Agreement is 20 years and thereafter so long as production of products using the technology is commercially and economically feasible.