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ACQUISITION (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014
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Mar. 31, 2015
Jan. 08, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Cash paid for acquisition of royalty interests $ 60,341,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRoyaltyInterestsInMiningProperties $ 79,692,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRoyaltyInterestsInMiningProperties        
Peak Gold | Royal Alaska            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Fair value of non-controlling interest 45,700,000rgld_NoncontrollingInterestInVariableInterestEntitiesFairValue
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    45,700,000rgld_NoncontrollingInterestInVariableInterestEntitiesFairValue
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Ilovitza | RGLD Gold AG            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Total purchase amount     175,000,000us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsAcquisitionCostsOrSaleProceeds
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Number of installments     2rgld_OptionAgreementOptionToAcquireRoyaltyPurchasePricePayableNumberOfInstallments
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Feasibility costs     15,000,000rgld_FeasibilityCosts
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Construction costs     160,000,000rgld_ConstructionCosts
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Cash paid for acquisition of royalty interests       7,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRoyaltyInterestsInMiningProperties
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Ilovitza | RGLD Gold AG | First Conditions            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Feasibility costs     7,500,000rgld_FeasibilityCosts
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Ilovitza | RGLD Gold AG | Second Conditions            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Feasibility costs     7,500,000rgld_FeasibilityCosts
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Ilovitza | RGLD Gold AG | Initial Royalty            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Percentage of royalty interests acquired     25.00%rgld_RelatedPartyNetValueRoyaltyInterestPercentageOwned
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Gold delivered (in ounces)     525,000rgld_QuantityOfGold
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Ilovitza | RGLD Gold AG | Subsequent Royalty            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Percentage of royalty interests acquired     12.50%rgld_RelatedPartyNetValueRoyaltyInterestPercentageOwned
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Purchase price per ounce of gold as percentage of spot price at the time of delivery     25.00%rgld_RoyaltyAcquisitionPurchasePricePerOunceAsPercentageOfSpotPriceAtTimeOfDelivery
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Tetlin            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Total purchase amount           6,000,000us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsAcquisitionCostsOrSaleProceeds
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Tetlin | NSR Royalty 1            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Percentage of royalty interests acquired           2.00%rgld_RoyaltyAcquisitionPercentageOfRoyaltyInterestsAcquired
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Tetlin | NSR Royalty 2            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Percentage of royalty interests acquired           3.00%rgld_RoyaltyAcquisitionPercentageOfRoyaltyInterestsAcquired
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Tetlin | Peak Gold | Royal Alaska            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture         5,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture
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Minimum percentage of membership interest required to be manager       40.00%rgld_JointVentureAgreementMinimumMembershipInterestPercentageRequirementToBeManager
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Tetlin | Peak Gold | Royal Alaska | Maximum            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Percentage of membership interest that can be obtained         40.00%rgld_JointVentureAgreementRightToObtainMembershipInterestPercentage
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Amount that can be contributed to purchase membership interest         $ 30,000,000rgld_JointVentureAgreementRightToObtainMembershipInterestContributions
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Tetlin | Peak Gold | Contango            
Acquisition of Royalty Interest in Mineral Properties            
Membership interest controlled         100.00%rgld_MembershipInterestPercentageControlled
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