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Annual Inflation Compounding Adjustment

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Interest Paid on Capital Leases.

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Interest Paid on Senior Notes due 2021.

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Minimum obligation paid in monthly payments.

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Percentage of actual gold production.

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Write off revolver costs, interest expense.

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to amortize debt discount and premium associated with the related debt instruments. Excludes amortization of financing costs. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Amount of short-term debt and current maturity of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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Debt (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 12, 2014	Jan. 29, 2013	Feb. 12, 2013
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Percentage of Actual Gold Production	50.00%cde_PercentageOfActualGoldProduction
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
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Non-current	460,899,000	306,130,000
Long-term Line of Credit	14,800,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Interest expenses incurred for various debt instruments
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Interest Paid on Convertible Notes due 2028	173,000	466,000	1,581,000
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Amount	179,000	612,000	213,000
Write off revolver costs, interest expense	3,035,000	0	2,339,000
Interest Paid on Capital Leases	972,000cde_InterestPaidonCapitalLeases	415,000cde_InterestPaidonCapitalLeases	997,000cde_InterestPaidonCapitalLeases
Interest Expense	0us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt	291,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt	881,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Accretion of Franco Nevada royalty obligation	10,773,000cde_AccretionOfRoyaltyObligation	17,641,000cde_AccretionOfRoyaltyObligation	19,139,000cde_AccretionOfRoyaltyObligation
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1,740,000	2,143,000	1,146,000
Accretion of debt discount	(357,000)cde_AccretionOfDebtDiscount	576,000cde_AccretionOfDebtDiscount	2,536,000cde_AccretionOfDebtDiscount
Capitalized interest	(1,710,000)us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	(2,694,000)us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized	(2,663,000)us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized
Total interest expense, net of capitalized interest	47,546,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	41,303,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred	26,169,000us-gaap_InterestCostsIncurred
3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due March 2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Carrying Amount of Equity Component	10,900,000
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	0	5,334,000
Senior Notes due 2021 [Member]
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	434,900,000			150,000,000	300,000,000
Non-current	437,454,000	300,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit	10,304,000	0
Palmarejo gold production royalty [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	30.50%
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
Non-current	13,141,000	796,000
Palmarejo gold production royalty [Member]
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Minimum Obligation Paid in Monthly Payments	4,167
Annual Inflation Compounding Adjustment	1.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Palmarejo gold production royalty [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Royalty Guarantees, Commitments, Ounces of Gold	400,000
Convertible Senior Notes Due March 2028 [Member]
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount	5,334,000
Senior Notes due Two Thousand Twenty One [Member]
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
Current	0	0
Line of Credit, Current	4,481,000	0
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Long term debt and capital lease obligations
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