2.4.0.8000060 - Disclosure - 1. Nature of Operationstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD130101_130630http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001475430duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Notes2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse001.       Nature of Operations   Joshua Gold Resources Inc. (referred to herein as Joshua, or the Company) was incorporated on July 10, 2009 in the State of Nevada.   The Company operates as a mineral exploration business headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Its principal business activity is the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral property interests in Canada.  The Company is considered to be in the exploration stage and substantially all of the Companys efforts are devoted to financing and developing these property interests.    The Company has the rights to three mineral properties, the Carson Property in the Northwest Territories, Canada, the Garrett Property in Ontario, Canada, and the Elijah Property in Shining Tree, Ontario, Canada. There has been no determination whether the Companys interests in unproven mineral properties contain mineral reserves, which are economically recoverable.falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 false01. Nature of Operationsfalse1. Nature of OperationsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.joshuagoldresources.com/20130630/role/idr_Disclosure1NatureOfOperations12