Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Aug. 14, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	JOSHUA GOLD RESOURCES INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001475430
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Joshua Gold Resources Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2012 (the “Original Filing”), for the purpose of amending the following Items contained in the Original Filing: Item 1. Financial Statements, and Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and Exhibit 101 (Interactive Data Files). Except as stated in this Explanatory Note, no other information contained in any Item of the Original Filing is being amended, updated or otherwise revised. This Amendment speaks as of the filing date of the Original Filing and does not reflect any events that may have occurred subsequent to such date.
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		291,338,777