Organization	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	1. Organization Red Mountain Resources, Inc. is a Texas corporation formed on January 23, 2014. On January 31, 2014, the Company changed its state of incorporation from the State of Florida to the State of Texas by merging Red Mountain Resources, Inc., a Florida corporation (“RMR FL”), with and into Red Mountain Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation. RMR FL was formed in January 2010 and acquired Black Rock Capital, LLC in a reverse merger effective July 1, 2011. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Red Mountain” and “Company” refer to Red Mountain Resources, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company is a Dallas-based company with oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, the onshore Gulf Coast of Texas and Kansas.

The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, major products or services, principal markets including location, and the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination, including but not limited to, assets, revenues, or earnings. For an entity that has not commenced principal operations, disclosures about the risks and uncertainties related to the activities in which the entity is currently engaged and an understanding of what those activities are being directed toward.

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