Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Aug. 03, 2018
Entity Registrant Name	Rhino Resource Partners LP
Entity Central Index Key	0001490630
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2018
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	RHNO
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Common Units [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,098,353
Subordinated Units [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,145,743