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ROYALTY AND STREAM INTERESTS (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
ROYALTY AND STREAM INTERESTS (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	$ 2,647,887,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesGross		$ 2,647,887,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesGross		$ 2,551,727,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesGross
Accumulated Depletion	(509,846,000)		(509,846,000)		(442,660,000)
Impairments	(28,339,000)		(28,339,000)
Net	2,109,702,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesNet		2,109,702,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesNet		2,109,067,000us-gaap_MineralPropertiesNet
Impairments	28,339,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Royalty Receivables	39,486,000rgld_RoyaltyReceivables		39,486,000rgld_RoyaltyReceivables		46,654,000rgld_RoyaltyReceivables
Return of advance payment	10,000,000
Prepaid expenses and other	4,911,000		4,911,000		7,840,000
Other
Royalty and stream interests
Impairments	2,372,000
Wolverine
Royalty and stream interests
Net	5,300,000		5,300,000
Impairments	25,967,000
Royalty Receivables		3,000,000
Allowance for royalty receivables		3,000,000
Wolverine \| Minimum
Royalty and stream interests
Percentage of royalty interests acquired	0.00%		0.00%
Wolverine \| Maximum
Royalty and stream interests
Percentage of royalty interests acquired	9.445%		9.445%
Tulsequah
Royalty and stream interests
Net		0		10,600,000
Impairments		600,000
Chieftain
Royalty and stream interests
Return of advance payment			10,000,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	1,129,230,000		1,129,230,000		1,121,776,000
Accumulated Depletion	(482,661,000)		(482,661,000)		(434,919,000)
Impairments	(27,586,000)		(27,586,000)
Net	618,983,000		618,983,000		686,857,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Andacollo
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	272,998,000		272,998,000		272,998,000
Accumulated Depletion	(62,990,000)		(62,990,000)		(56,147,000)
Net	210,008,000		210,008,000		216,851,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Voisey's Bay
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	150,138,000		150,138,000		150,138,000
Accumulated Depletion	(74,506,000)		(74,506,000)		(67,377,000)
Net	75,632,000		75,632,000		82,761,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Penasquito
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	99,172,000		99,172,000		99,172,000
Accumulated Depletion	(22,266,000)		(22,266,000)		(17,801,000)
Net	76,906,000		76,906,000		81,371,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Mulatos
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	48,092,000		48,092,000		48,092,000
Accumulated Depletion	(31,362,000)		(31,362,000)		(28,548,000)
Net	16,730,000		16,730,000		19,544,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Holt
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	34,612,000		34,612,000		34,612,000
Accumulated Depletion	(13,092,000)		(13,092,000)		(10,474,000)
Net	21,520,000		21,520,000		24,138,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Robinson
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	17,825,000		17,825,000		17,825,000
Accumulated Depletion	(12,565,000)		(12,565,000)		(11,887,000)
Net	5,260,000		5,260,000		5,938,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Cortez
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	10,630,000		10,630,000		10,630,000
Accumulated Depletion	(9,883,000)		(9,883,000)		(9,772,000)
Net	747,000		747,000		858,000
Production Stage Royalty Interest \| Other
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	495,763,000		495,763,000		488,309,000
Accumulated Depletion	(255,997,000)		(255,997,000)		(232,913,000)
Impairments	(27,586,000)		(27,586,000)
Net	212,180,000		212,180,000		255,396,000
Production Stage Stream Interests \| Mt. Milligan
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	783,046,000		783,046,000		783,046,000
Accumulated Depletion	(27,185,000)		(27,185,000)		(7,741,000)
Net	755,861,000		755,861,000		775,305,000
Production Stage Royalty and Stream Interests
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	1,912,276,000		1,912,276,000		1,904,822,000
Accumulated Depletion	(509,846,000)		(509,846,000)		(442,660,000)
Impairments	(27,586,000)		(27,586,000)
Net	1,374,844,000		1,374,844,000		1,462,162,000
Development Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	439,122,000		439,122,000		441,593,000
Net	439,122,000		439,122,000		441,593,000
Development Stage Royalty Interest \| Other
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	67,017,000		67,017,000		69,488,000
Net	67,017,000		67,017,000		69,488,000
Development Stage Royalty Interest \| Pascua Lama
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	372,105,000		372,105,000		372,105,000
Net	372,105,000		372,105,000		372,105,000
Development Stage Stream Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	83,937,000		83,937,000		41,103,000
Impairments	(603,000)		(603,000)
Net	83,334,000		83,334,000		41,103,000
Development Stage Royalty and Stream Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	523,059,000		523,059,000		482,696,000
Impairments	(603,000)		(603,000)
Net	522,456,000		522,456,000		482,696,000
Exploration Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Cost	212,552,000		212,552,000		164,209,000
Impairments	(150,000)		(150,000)
Net	212,402,000		212,402,000		164,209,000
Production Stage and Exploration Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Impairments				1,800,000
Impaired mining asset
Royalty and stream interests
Net				$ 0
Impaired mining asset \| Production Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Number of properties		1
Impaired mining asset \| Exploration Stage Royalty Interest
Royalty and stream interests
Number of properties		1