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No definition available.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments..

No definition available.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for finance lease, due in next fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments , due in third fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments , due in second fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Long term debt obligations.

No definition available.

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n/a.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of long term debt obligations in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of long term debt obligations in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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n/a

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases for mining and surface rights having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of reclamation costs.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	mux_
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Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing after the fifth fiscal year.

No definition available.

Name:	mux_ReclamationCostsDueThereafter
Namespace Prefix:	mux_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

Minimum amount of reclamation costs maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including, but not limited to, long-term debt, lease obligation, purchase obligation, and other commitments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480678/235-10-S99-3

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Amount of contractual obligation to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of contractual obligation to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of contractual obligation to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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Amount of contractual obligation to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

No definition available.

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No definition available.