American Clean Resources (ACRG) 10-Q 12 Aug 14 2014 Q2 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_And_Entity_Informatio

Document And Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Aug. 12, 2014
Document Information [Line Items]	'	'
Document Type	'10-Q	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'
Document Period End Date	30-Jun-14	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2014	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'Q2	'
Entity Registrant Name	'Standard Metals Processing, Inc.	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0000773717	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'
Entity Filer Category	'Smaller Reporting Company	'
Trading Symbol	'SMPR	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	101,246,576

Condensed_Consolidated_Balance

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:	'	'
Cash	$105,223	$143,099
Prepaid expenses	60,015	5,000
Total current assets	165,238	148,099
Shea Mining and Milling Assets	35,159,427	35,159,427
Property, plant and equipment:	'	'
Machinery and equipment	21,000	21,000
Construction in progress	1,224,760	68,349
Assets noncurrent	1,245,760	89,349
Accumulated depreciation	-8,813	0
Net property, plant and equipment	1,236,947	89,349
Total Assets	36,561,612	35,396,875
Current liabilities:	'	'
Senior secured convertible promissory note payable, related party	2,092,097	0
Short-term notes payable	0	25,000
Convertible notes payable, current portion	175,000	275,000
Due to Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc.	16,616	16,616
Accounts payable	961,330	1,138,951
Accrued interest	155,167	86,143
Accrued expenses	751,842	1,385,251
Total current liabilities	4,152,052	2,926,961
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)	'	'
Senior secured convertible promissory note payable, related party	0	2,092,097
Preferred stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized:	'	'
Series A, $.001 par value, 10,000,000 and 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	10,000,000	10,000,000
Shareholders' equity:	'	'
Series B preferred stock, no shares issued and outstanding,	0	0
Common stock, $.001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized: 100,351,576 and 91,266,411 shares issued and outstanding June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	100,352	91,266
Additional paid-in capital	71,215,142	56,114,271
Accumulated deficit during exploration stage	-48,905,934	-35,827,720
Total shareholders' equity	22,409,560	20,377,817
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$36,561,612	$35,396,875

Condensed_Consolidated_Balance1

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Preferred stock, shares authorized	50,000,000	50,000,000
Common stock, par value	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	100,351,576	91,266,411
Common stock, shares outstanding	100,351,576	91,266,411
Series A Preferred Stock	'	'
Preferred stock, par value	$0.00	$0.00
Preferred stock, shares issued	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	10,000,000	10,000,000
Series B Preferred Stock	'	'
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		117 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Operating expenses:	'	'	'	'	'
General and administrative	9,491,114	248,544	12,021,604	676,769	32,780,597
Exploration expenses	0	0	0	0	5,876,922
Depreciation and amortization	4,406	0	8,813	0	340,174
Loss on disposal of assets	0	0	0	0	53,287
Total operating expenses	9,495,520	248,544	12,030,417	676,769	39,050,980
Loss from operations	-9,495,520	-248,544	-12,030,417	-676,769	-39,050,980
Other income (expense):	'	'	'	'	'
Other income	1,587	1,587	3,174	2,645	14,916
Loss on settlement of debt	-32,924	0	-959,020	-21,033	-2,331,997
Interest expense	-47,006	-115,717	-91,951	-225,481	-7,184,178
Foreign currency loss	0	0	0	0	-353,695
Total other income (expense)	-78,343	-114,130	-1,047,797	-243,869	-9,854,954
Loss from operations before income taxes	-9,573,863	-362,674	-13,078,214	-920,638	-48,905,934
Income tax provision	0	0	0	0	0
Net loss	($9,573,863)	($362,674)	($13,078,214)	($920,638)	($48,905,934)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	($0.10)	($0.01)	($0.14)	($0.02)	'
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	94,901,898	56,406,318	95,629,266	55,728,744	'

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (USD $)	Total	Common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated deficit
BALANCE at Dec. 31, 2012	$17,807,824	$54,318	$45,831,321	($28,077,815)
BALANCE (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	'	54,318,756	'	'
Conversion of convertible notes (in shares)	'	4,115,868	'	'
Conversion of convertible notes	1,866,930	4,116	1,862,814	0
Stock issued for the conversion of notes payable, related party (in shares)	'	27,000,000	'	'
Stock issued for the conversion of notes payable, related party	1,500,000	27,000	1,473,000	0
Stock issued for the exercise of common stock warrants (in shares)	'	2,275,138	'	'
Stock issued for the exercise of common stock warrants	497,785	2,275	495,510	0
Stock issued for the settlement of accounts payable and accrued expense (in shares)	'	3,556,649	'	'
Stock issued for the settlement of accounts payable and accrued expense	1,079,323	3,557	1,075,766	0
Warrants issued upon conversion of convertible debt	1,268,054	0	1,268,054	0
Options and warrants issued for employee compensation	3,226,501	0	3,226,501	0
Options issued for consultant compensation	881,305	0	881,305	0
Net loss	-7,749,905	0	0	-7,749,905
BALANCE at Dec. 31, 2013	20,377,817	91,266	56,114,271	-35,827,720
BALANCE (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013	'	91,266,411	'	'
Conversion of convertible notes (in shares)	'	237,118	'	'
Conversion of convertible notes	118,559	237	118,322	0
Stock issued for the exercise of common stock warrants (in shares)	'	3,997,867	'	'
Stock issued for the exercise of common stock warrants	1,832,917	3,999	1,828,918	0
Stock issued for the settlement of accounts payable and accrued expense (in shares)	'	2,100,180	'	'
Stock issued for the settlement of accounts payable and accrued expense	2,298,257	2,100	2,296,157	0
Options issued for consultant compensation	6,267,724	'	6,267,724	0
Stock issued for compensation (in shares)	'	2,750,000	'	'
Stock issued for compensation	4,592,500	2,750	4,589,750	0
Net loss	-13,078,214	0	0	-13,078,214
BALANCE at Jun. 30, 2014	$22,409,560	$100,352	$71,215,142	($48,905,934)
BALANCE (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2014	'	100,351,576	'	'

Condensed_Consolidated_Stateme2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	6 Months Ended		117 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:	'	'	'
Net loss	($13,078,214)	($920,638)	($48,905,934)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows used in operating activities:	'	'	'
Expense incurred due to modification of warrants	0	0	54,226
Depreciation and amortization	8,813	0	340,174
Amortization of imputed interest and original issue discounts on debt	0	0	3,208,994
Amortization of prepaid consulting fees related to issuance of common stock and warrants	0	0	491,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs	0	0	29,239
Compensation expense related to issuance of common stock, warrants and stock option grants	10,860,224	0	23,170,030
Issuance of common stock for extension of maturity date	0	0	500,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt and accrued expenses	959,020	21,033	2,331,997
Increase in convertible note payable, related party through the payment of expenses	0	0	544,164
Loss on foreign currency	0	0	353,695
Issuance of common stock for expenses	0	0	2,118,400
Loss on disposal of miscellaneous assets	0	0	53,287
Issuance of equity securities by Wits Basin for exploration expenses	0	0	334,950
Debt incurred for exploration expenses	0	0	75,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	'	'	'
Prepaid expenses	-55,015	0	-60,015
Accounts payable	646,289	181,526	1,484,050
Accrued expenses	-30,499	390,482	4,810,364
Net cash used in operating activities	-689,382	-327,597	-9,066,379
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:	'	'	'
Purchases of Shea Mining and Milling assets	0	0	-1,020,427
Purchases of equipment	0	0	-206,215
Payment for construction in progress	-1,156,411	0	-1,224,760
Net cash used in investing activities	-1,156,411	0	-2,451,402
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:	'	'	'
Payments on long-term debt	0	0	-491,106
Payments from (advances to) Wits Basin	0	0	5,314,251
Repayment of short term note principal	-25,000	0	-25,000
Cash proceeds from issuance of common stock, warrants and exercise of stock options and warrants, net	1,832,917	0	3,504,396
Cash proceeds from debt	0	333,834	3,359,727
Debt issuance costs	0	0	-39,264
Net cash provided by financing activities	1,807,917	333,834	11,623,004
Increase (Decrease) in CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	-37,876	6,237	105,223
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	143,099	94	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	105,223	6,331	105,223
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock in lieu of payment on long-term note	0	0	750,000
Accrued expenses converted into notes payable	0	0	537,257
Short-term notes payable and accrued interest converted into convertible promissory notes	0	0	138,939
Convertible promissory notes and accrued interest converted into common stock	118,559	43,781	2,495,489
Common stock issued in lieu of accounts payable and accrued expenses	114,237	410,968	1,988,983
Butter Hunter Mine	'	'	'
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Long-term debt incurred for the purchase of Bates-Hunter Mine	0	0	6,156,251
Advances from Wits Basin incurred for the purchase of Bates Hunter Mine	0	0	815,298
Accrued expenses incurred in connection with the purchase of Bates Hunter Mine	0	0	307,500
Pure Path	'	'	'
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Debt Conversion Converted Instrument	0	0	1,950,000
Expenses paid on behalf of Company by Pure Path through increase in short-term loan facility	0	0	184,202
Shea	'	'	'
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Debt Conversion Converted Instrument	225,000	0	365,000
Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc	'	'	'
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Offset to advances from Wits Basin for common stock purchase	0	0	-10
Amounts due to Wits Basin reclassified as additional paid-in capital	0	0	3,867,872
Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc | Long-term Note Payable	'	'	'
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	'	'	'
Amounts due to Wits Basin converted into a long-term note payable	$0	$0	$2,500,000

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Nature Of Business [Abstract]	'
OVERVIEW	'
	NOTE 1 - OVERVIEW
	Standard Metals Processing, Inc. (formerly Standard Gold Holdings, Inc., Standard Gold, Inc. and Princeton Acquisitions, Inc.) (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Colorado on July 10, 1985 as a blind pool or blank check company. On September 29, 2009, we completed a share exchange agreement with Hunter Bates Mining Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (“Hunter Bates”) and certain of its shareholders, in which Hunter Bates’ shareholders exchanged all of their capital securities into similar capital securities of ours (the “Hunter Bates Share Exchange”) and we adopted the business model of Hunter Bates of mineral exploration and mining. Accordingly, the Hunter Bates Share Exchange represented a change in control and Hunter Bates became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
	Prior to September 29, 2009, Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc., a Minnesota corporation and public reporting company quoted on the Pink Sheets under the symbol “WITM” (“Wits Basin”) was the majority shareholder of Hunter Bates. Hunter Bates was formed in April 2008 to acquire the prior producing gold mine properties (consisting of land, buildings, equipment, mining claims and permits) located in Central City, Colorado, known as the “Bates-Hunter Mine.” We had not engaged in any exploration or mining activities at the Bates-Hunter Mine properties and on April 29, 2011, we transferred all of our interests of Hunter Bates back to Wits Basin in order to develop the toll milling business as described below.
	On March 15, 2011, we closed a series of transactions, whereby we acquired certain assets of Shea Mining & Milling, LLC (“Shea Mining”). The exchange agreement was by and between us, Shea Mining, Afignis, LLC, Leslie Lucas Partners, LLC, Wits Basin and Alfred A. Rapetti (the “Shea Exchange Agreement”) whereby we acquired certain assets from Shea Mining, which assets include those located in Tonopah, Nevada, of land, buildings, a dormant milling facility, abandoned milling equipment, water permits and mine tailings (financed through a note payable assigned to us), mine dumps, a property lease and a contract agreement in exchange for 35,000,000 shares of our unregistered shares. The Shea Exchange Agreement did not include any operable toll milling equipment, employees or operational processes and therefore has been accounted for as a purchase of a group of assets. We completed the Shea Exchange Agreement to acquire the Shea Mining assets and develop a toll milling services business of precious minerals. Toll milling is a process whereby mined material is crushed and ground into fine particles to ease the extraction of any precious minerals contained therein, such as gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper, and rare earth metals. See Note 4 – Acquisition of Shea Milling and Mining Assets for a detailed discussion.

SUMMARY_OF_SIGNIFICANT_ACCOUNT

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	'
	NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
	Principles of Consolidation
	The financial statements includes the accounts of Standard Metals Processing, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiaries Tonopah Milling and Metals Group, Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiaries Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc. and Tonopah Resources, Inc.) and Esmeralda Renewable Energy, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions, accounts and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
	Basis of Presentation
	The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared by us in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), for interim financial information pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-K filed April 11, 2014. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year as a whole.
	Shea Mining and Milling Assets
	We have recorded the estimated fair value of the Shea Mining and Milling assets as an aggregate amount on our condensed balance sheets. The assets include the mine tailings and dumps, the land, water rights and the milling facility (the buildings and equipment). None of the assets have been put into production, nor have we performed any repair or updates to any of the equipment or buildings. As such, we will continue to classify them under a single listing.
	Mineral Properties
	Mineral property acquisition costs are recorded at cost and are deferred until the viability of the property is determined. No properties have reached the development stage at this time. Exploration, mineral property evaluation, option payments, related acquisition costs for mineral properties acquired under an option agreement, general overhead, administrative and holding costs to maintain a property on a care and maintenance basis are expensed in the period they are incurred. When reserves are determined for a property and a bankable feasibility study is completed, subsequent exploration and development costs on the property would be capitalized. If a project were to be put into production, capitalized costs would be depleted on the unit of production basis.
	Management reviews the net carrying value of each mineral property as changes may materialize with a property or at a minimum, on an annual basis. Where information and conditions suggest impairment, estimated future net cash flows from each property are calculated using estimated future prices, proven and probable reserves and value beyond proven and probable reserves, and operating, capital and reclamation costs on an undiscounted basis. If it is determined that the future cash flows are less than the carrying value, a write-down to the estimated fair value is made with a charge to loss for the period. Where estimates of future net cash flows are not available and where other conditions suggest impairment, management assesses if the carrying value can be recovered.
	Management’s estimates of gold prices, recoverable reserves, probable outcomes, operating capital and reclamation costs are subject to risks and uncertainties that may affect the recoverability of mineral property costs.
	Recent Accounting Pronouncements
	In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-10, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation. The amendments in this update remove the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the Accounting Standards Codification, thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inceptionto- date information in the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The Company plans to early adopt ASU No. 2014-10 during the third quarter of the year ended December 31, 2014.

COMPANYS_GOING_CONCERN

COMPANY'S GOING CONCERN	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Going Concern Disclosure [Abstract]	'
COMPANY'S GOING CONCERN	'
	NOTE 3 – COMPANY’S GOING CONCERN
	The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with US GAAP, assuming we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, we incurred losses from operations of $13,078,214. At June 30, 2014, we had an accumulated deficit of $48,905,934 and a working capital deficit of $3,986,814. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to raise the required additional capital or debt financing to meet short and long-term operating requirements. We believe that future private placements of equity capital and debt financing are needed to fund our long-term operating requirements. We may also encounter business endeavors that require significant cash commitments or unanticipated problems or expenses that could result in a requirement for additional cash. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our common stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict our operations. We are continuing to pursue external financing alternatives to improve our working capital position. If we are unable to obtain the necessary capital, we may have to cease operations.

ACQUISITION_OF_SHEA_MINING_AND

ACQUISITION OF SHEA MINING AND MILLING ASSETS	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Acquisition Of Shea Milling And Mining Assets [Abstract]	'
ACQUISITION OF SHEA MINING AND MILLING ASSETS	'
	NOTE 4 – ACQUISITION OF SHEA MINING AND MILLING ASSETS
	On March 15, 2011, we entered into an exchange agreement by and between us, Shea Mining, Afignis, LLC, Leslie Lucas Partners, LLC, Wits Basin and Alfred A. Rapetti (the “Shea Exchange Agreement”) whereby we acquired certain assets from Shea Mining, which assets include those located in Tonopah (financed through a note payable assigned to us), mine dumps, a property lease and a contract agreement in exchange for 35,000,000 shares of our unregistered shares. The Shea Exchange Agreement did not include any operable toll milling equipment, employees or operational processes and therefore has been accounted for as a purchase of a group of assets. We completed the Shea Exchange Agreement to acquire the Shea assets and develop a toll milling services business of precious minerals.
	Pursuant to the assignment of a note payable, we executed an Assignment and Assumption of Loan Documents and Loan Modification Agreement, by and between us, Shea Mining and NJB Mining, Inc. (the “Loan Modification Agreement”), dated March 15, 2011, for those assets located in Tonopah, Nevada (“Tonopah”), consisting of land, buildings, mining tailings, a dormant milling facility, abandoned milling equipment and water permits. The land encompasses 1,174 deeded acres, one of the largest private land holdings in Esmeralda County, Nevada. An estimated 2.2 million tons of tailings known as the “Millers Tailings” from the historic gold rush of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada is sitting on approximately 334 acres of this land.
	The Tonopah property was subject to an existing $2,500,000 first deed of trust which was in default at the time of the Shea Exchange Agreement and included accrued interest of $375,645 which was also assumed in the transaction. As part of the assignment, NJB Mining, Inc. (“NJB”) modified the related note to allow us until May 14, 2011 to refinance this mortgage, which was subsequently extended numerous times. As of August 31, 2011, we were still in default under the terms of the Loan Modification Agreement, and therefore entered into a forbearance agreement with NJB, (the “NJB Forbearance Agreement”), in which NJB agreed to forbear from initiating legal proceedings, including forbearance of the deed of trust and enforcement of its collection remedies. The NJB Forbearance Agreement further provided for additional extensions up through December 9, 2011. On December 9, 2011, Pure Path Capital Management Company, LLC (“Pure Path”) purchased the Loan Modification Agreement and the NJB Forbearance Agreement directly from NJB. On December 21, 2011, we entered into an amended and restated forbearance agreement with Pure Path (the “A&R Forbearance”), whereby Pure Path extended the provisions of the NJB Forbearance Agreement. Pure Path provided an additional extension to stay any action of the A&R Forbearance until June 8, 2012, on which date, if not paid or another agreement was not executed, the Company would be required to issue 5,000,000 shares of its common stock to Pure Path; such extension was provided without additional consideration. The Company did not pay the balance of the mortgage on June 8, 2012 and pursuant to the terms of the A&R Forbearance Agreement, the Company was required to issue 5,000,000 shares to Pure Path. The 5,000,000 shares were approved for issuance by the Board of Directors on October 9, 2012 and were issued to Pure Path on December 6, 2012. Pure Path provided additional extensions to stay any action of the Forbearance Agreement until August 31, 2013; such extensions were provided without additional consideration. On October 10, 2013, the Company entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Pure Path. Pursuant to the Agreement, Pure Path relinquished the rights and obligations owed to it and agreed to forbear collection remedies and legal proceedings against the Company including foreclosure on the Deed of Trust. In connection with the settlement and release of various debts of approximately $1,500,000, consulting fees owed by the Company, and relinquishment of rights by Pure Path, the Company issued 27,000,000 restricted shares and a convertible Promissory Note in the amount of $1,933,345 bearing interest of 8% per year for the current balance of the amounts owed under the Pure Path Agreements.
	In connection with the Shea Exchange Agreement, we also were assigned the ownership of approximately a six square mile section of mine dump material in Manhattan, Nevada (“Manhattan”).
	The other assets we acquired consisted of a property lease, which allowed us the use of an assay lab property and the associated water permits, (with a right to purchase for $6,000,000) and a contract agreement, which allowed us the use of processing permits, located in Amargosa Valley, Nevada (“Amargosa”). We paid a monthly base rent of $17,500 on this lease and $5,000 monthly on the contract agreement. In January 2012, the landlord of the Amargosa lease caused to have served a five Day Notice To Pay Rent Or Quit due to default in the monthly $17,500 lease payments. The Company began immediate communications with the landlord, which resulted in a delay of further actions by the landlord to pursue any remedies. Then on February 9, 2012, the landlord caused to have served an Order For Summary Eviction (“Eviction”) due to continued default in lease payments. Effective with the Eviction, a total of $112,500 in lease and contract payments remain unpaid as well as $10,500 in late fees required pursuant to the terms of the lease. On February 10, 2012, the Beatty County Sheriff completed the Eviction at Amargosa and we as such, no longer have access to the assay lab or permits at Amargosa. As a result, all remaining equipment at Amargosa with an aggregate value of $40,925 was written off as impaired.
	Pursuant to the Shea Exchange Agreement, we issued a total of 35,000,000 shares of our common stock to the equity holders of Shea Mining in exchange for certain of their assets, resulting in those holders owning an ownership interest of approximately 87% of our then currently outstanding common stock (approximately 56% ownership interest on a fully diluted basis). Alfred A. Rapetti, a member of our Board of Directors and our former Chief Executive Officer, was granted an irrevocable voting proxy for half of the shares issued to the Shea Mining equity holders, which continues until the affected shares are publicly sold after a period of at least six months, and thereafter in accordance with all applicable securities laws. In August 2011, these rights were transferred to Blair Mielke, a former director of the Company. All but 110,000 shares of such voting rights have since been canceled by the respective holders. We also agreed to indemnify Shea Mining from any liabilities arising after March 15, 2011 out of the Loan Modification Agreement or the loan agreements.
	The purchase consideration of the assets acquired was calculated as follows:
	Issuance of 35,000,000 shares of common stock with an estimated fair value of $0.89 per share (closing sales price on March 15, 2011)	$	31,150,000
	Cash consideration		700,000
	Assumption of NJB Mining mortgage		2,500,000
	Assumption of accrued interest and other liabilities		463,184
	Legal costs (includes issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock valued at $89,000)		205,258
	Other direct expenses incurred in connection with the Shea Exchange Agreement		140,985
		$	35,159,427
	In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, cost of acquiring a group of assets is allocated to the individual assets within the group based on the relative fair values of the individual assets.
	The table below sets forth the final purchase price allocation. The estimated fair value of the mineral properties and property and equipment was determined based on level 3 inputs using cost and market value approaches.
	Tonopah mine tailings	$	24,888,252
	Tonopah dormant milling facility		8,062,875
	Tonopah land		1,760,000
	Tonopah water rights		348,300
	Manhattan mine dumps		100,000
	Total	$	35,159,427
	Simultaneous with these transactions, pursuant to the Shea Exchange Agreement, Wits Basin exchanged 19,713,544 shares of our common stock it held for 10,000,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $10,000,000, payable only upon certain liquidity events or upon achievement of a market value of our equity equaling $200,000,000 or more. Additional details regarding the Series A Preferred Stock can be found in our Articles of Amendment, which were filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on January 4, 2013. Additionally, we obtained the right to transfer our entire interest and related debt of the Bates-Hunter Mine, at any time prior to June 13, 2011, to Wits Basin in exchange for the cancellation of a promissory note issued by Hunter Bates payable in favor of Wits Basin in the approximate amount of $2,500,000. On April 29, 2011, our Board of Directors approved this transfer effective April 29, 2011.
	Furthermore, Wits Basin had entered into certain commitments which involved shares of our common stock and as a result of their exchange of substantially all of the Company’s common stock they held for Series A Preferred Stock, they could no longer honor those commitments. In consideration of Wits Basin agreeing to the exchange, the Company agreed to enter into two stock option agreements as follows: (1) the Company granted to one of Wits Basin’s major lenders a replacement stock option, on substantially the same terms as the stock option issued by Wits Basin, to purchase up to 1,299,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share expiring on December 14, 2014 (of which the holder exercised 10,000 shares of the option with a payment of $10,000 during 2011) and (2) the Company granted to Wits Basin a replacement stock option, expiring on December 19, 2014, to purchase up to 630,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.50 per share.

PROPERTY_PLANT_AND_EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	'
	NOTE 5 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
	We are preparing our Tonopah property site for the construction of our permitted custom processing toll milling facility including grading the land, installing fencing and working with contractors for our 21,875 square foot building and servicing and drilling various wells for our future operations.
	Components of our property, plant and equipment are as follows:
		June 30,		December
				31,
		2014		2013
	Equipment	$	21,000	$	21,000
	Construction in progress		1,224,760		68,349
	Less accumulated depreciation		-8,813		—
		$	1,236,947	$	89,349

SHORTTERM_NOTES_PAYABLE

SHORT-TERM NOTES PAYABLE	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
SHORT-TERM NOTES PAYABLE	'
	NOTE 6 – SHORT-TERM NOTES PAYABLE
	The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term notes payable:
		June 30,		December
				31,
		2014		2013
	Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010, in the principal amount of $25,000 to Stephen Flechner, our President at the time, utilized for a potential mining project; stated interest rate of 5%; accrued interest of $4,147 at December 31, 2013; with a maturity date of November 30, 2010, original terms apply in the default period. (1)	$	—	$	25,000
	Totals	$	—	$	25,000
	(1) Secured by a personal guarantee of Stephen D. King, our CEO at the time. The principal and interest of this note were paid in full on February 13, 2014.
	Summary
	The following table summarizes the short-term notes payable activity for the quarter ended June 30, 2014:
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	25,000
	Add: advances from Pure Path		—
	Less: principal repaid		25,000
	Balance at June 30, 2014	$	—
	There were no short-term notes outstanding as of June 30, 2014.

SHAREHOLDERS_EQUITY

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]	'
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	'
	NOTE 7 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
	Preferred Stock
	Series A
	Simultaneous with the Shea Exchange Agreement, Wits Basin exchanged 19,713,544 shares of our common stock it held for 10,000,000 shares ($.001 par value each) of “Series A Preferred Stock” with an original issue price of $1.00 per share.
	Attributes of Series A Preferred Stock can be found in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on April 11, 2014 and in the Company’s filings with the Secretary of State of Colorado.
	Series B
	There are no shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
	Attributes of Series B Preferred Stock can be found in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on April 11, 2014 and in the Company’s filings with the Secretary of State of Nevada.
	Common Stock Issuances
	For services
	On June 18, 2014, the Company issued 1,000,000 restricted common shares to a service provider. These shares were valued at fair value of $1.67 per share and have been charged as stock compensation to general and administrative expense.
	On June 18, 2014, the Company issued 250,000 restricted common shares to the President of our subsidiary Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc. These shares were valued at fair value of $1.67 per share and have been charged as stock compensation to general and administrative expense.
	On June 18, 2014, the Company issued 1,500,000 restricted common shares to an officer of the Company. These shares were valued at fair value of $1.67 per share and have been charged as stock compensation to general and administrative expense.
	Conversion of Unsecured Note
	A holder of a convertible promissory note dated January 26, 2011 converted the entirety of the note consisting of $100,000 of principal and $18,559 of interest on February 28, 2014 into 237,118 shares of the Company’s common stock.
	Debt Settlements
	On January 17, 2014, the Company entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement with a debt holder wherein a $193,910 debt was settled for 387,820 shares of restricted common stock. An additional $80,000 of debt was extinguished.
	On January 17, 2014, the Company entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement with a debt holder wherein a $125,000 debt was settled for 250,000 shares of restricted common stock.
	On January 17, 2014, the Company settled a $225,000 debt by converting the entire debt into 800,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company. Pursuant to a Debt Settlement Agreement previously executed on April 3, 2013 the debt was converted at a per share price of $0.28125.
	On February 13, 2014, the Company entered into a Agreement with a debt holder wherein a $458,250 of Accrued Expenses was settled for 300,000 shares of restricted common stock and $21,750 was charged as loss on settlement of debt to general and administrative expense.
	On March 4, 2014, the Company entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement with a debt holder wherein a $100,000 debt was settled for 200,000 shares of restricted common stock.
	On April 22, 2014, the Company entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement with a debt holder wherein a $100,000 debt was settled for 112,360 shares of restricted common stock.
	On June 10, 2014, the Company issued 50,000 unregistered shares of common stock to a former consultant for the settlement of consulting fees.
	The Company recorded $959,020 and $21,033 related to non-cash loss on settlement of debt for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
	Stock Warrants
	The following table summarizes information about the Company’s stock warrants outstanding:
				Number		Weighted			Range			Weighted
						Average			of			Remaining
						Exercise			Exercise			Contractual
						Price			Price			Life
	Outstanding at December 31, 2013			13,989,206		$	0.67		$	0.20 - 1.00
	Granted			—		$	—		$	—
	Cancelled or expired			—			—			—
	Exercised			-3,997,867		$	0.46		$	0.25 – 1.00
	Warrants outstanding at June 30, 2014			9,991,339		$	0.76		$	0.20 – 1.00		3.5 years
	Warrants exercisable at June 30, 2014			9,991,339		$	0.76		$	0.20 – 1.00
	During the six months ended June 30, 2014, a total of 3,997,867 warrants to purchase common stock were exercised: 1,730,867 warrants were exercised at a price of $0.25 per share; 400,000 warrants exercised at $0.50 per share; 1,667,000 warrants exercised at $0.60 per share and 200,000 at $1.00 per share for an aggregate total of $1,832,917.
	Stock Option Grants
	2010 Plan
	We had one stock option plan: the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2010 Plan”). Stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and other stock and cash awards may be granted under the 2010 Plan. In general, options vest over a period ranging from immediate vesting to five years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Effective January 21, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized an amendment to the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, to increase the number of options available for granting under the 2010 Plan from 3,000,000 to 13,500,000 and authorized the Company to file an S-8 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (subsequently filed on January 27, 2011, File No. 333-171906) for the registration of the shares available in the 2010 Plan. On March 15, 2011, with the closing of the Shea Exchange Agreement a “change of control” event was deemed to have occurred and 13,500,000 previously granted stock options vested in full. Effective July 25, 2011, the 2010 Plan was amended to increase the total shares of stock which may be issued under the Plan from 13,500,000 to 14,500,000. As of December 31, 2012, an aggregate of 6,200,000 shares of our common stock are available to be granted under our 2010 Plan.
	During 2012, we granted the following stock options:
		-1	In February 2012, the Company received from Manfred E. Birnbaum a notice of resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Effective with Mr. Birnbaum’s resignation, the Board approved a five-year option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (valued at $43,000) at an exercise price of $0.47 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 10, 2012, for his continued service as a consultant. The option is subject to the terms of the 2010 Plan and vested immediately. Furthermore, the Board authorized an additional five years to exercise his currently issued 900,000 stock options. The Company charged $222,000 to expense in 2012, as a result of these modifications.  Of these options, 400,000 are available for exercise as of December 31, 2013 and 0 as of the date of this filing.
	The Company has been receiving files from former officers and attorneys. Upon review of the files, the original 2010 Plan and Board Resolution were located. The 2010 Plan approved by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2010 authorized 3,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2010 Plan. The Board of Directors voted to increase the number of shares available under the 2010 Plan on January 21, 2011. Section 9.11 of the 2010 Plan as approved by the Board states:
	9.11 Amendment of the Plan. The Board of Directors may amend or discontinue the Plan at any time. However, no such amendment or discontinuance shall adversely change or impair, without the consent of the recipient, an Incentive previously granted. Further, no such amendment shall, without approval of the stockholders of the Company, (a) increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued to all participants under the Plan, (b) change or expand the types of Incentives that may be granted under the Plan, (c) change the class of persons eligible to receive Incentives under the Plan, or (d) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan.
	Pursuant to the terms of the 2010 Plan, the stockholders of the Company must approve this increase. As the stockholders of the Company did not approve the increase of shares available under the 2010 Plan, the increase on January 21, 2011 was not effective.
	As of January 21, 2011 the Company had issued a total of 2,800,000 options to purchase shares under the 2010 Plan and had 200,000 shares remaining authorized and unissued. However, also on January 21, 2011, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 10,500,000 options. This issuance far exceeded the number of shares available and the excess issuances were not valid. As a correction measure, the Company has divided the 200,000 shares that were available pro-rata between the persons named in the resolution.
	As a result of this correction there are a total of 1,631,842 options granted and available for exercise under the 2010 Plan outstanding as of the date of this filing.
	The Board of Directors terminated the 2010 option plan on August 23, 2013.
	Options issued in 2013
	The following options were issued in 2013 outside of any option plan:
	The Company executed an Employment Agreement with Sharon Ullman dated effective November 13, 2013. As compensation for her employment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Ms. Ullman was granted a total of 4,500,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.38 per share, with a grant term of 7 years. A total of 1,500,000 options vest upon each of the following: (i) November 13, 2013; (ii) June 1, 2014; and (iii) June 1, 2015.
	The Company executed an Employment Agreement with Jim Stieben dated effective October 15, 2013. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Stieben was appointed the President and Director of Operations of Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc. As compensation for his services, Mr. Stieben was granted a total of 1,500,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.60 per share, with a grant term of 7 years. A total of 750,000 options vested on October 15, 2013, and 375,000 options will vest upon each of the following: (i) the completed construction of a permitted processing building on the Miller’s Mill site; and (ii) the Company achieving profitability.
	2014 Option Plan
	By Board Resolution effective January 27, 2014, the Company adopted a 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to compensate employees and consulting groups in their efforts to enhance the long-term shareholder value of the Company. Pursuant to the Plan, selected persons are offered opportunities to participate in the Company’s growth and success and are encouraged to acquire and maintain stock ownership in the Company. The Plan grants options to purchase shares of our common stock vesting at dates beginning on the date of grant and issuable at chronological or performance increments. The Plan Administrator may also grandfather in existing options granted during 2013. The Company intends to submit the approval of the 2014 Plan to the shareholders for approval at the 2014 annual meeting.
	Under administration by the Compensation Committee (the “Plan Administrator”), a maximum of 75,000,000 shares of common stock are available for issuance under the Plan, subject to adjustment from time to time. Awards may be granted under the Plan to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company and as the Plan Administrator selects. The Plan Administrator is authorized, in its sole discretion, to issue options as incentive stock options, which shall be appropriately designated. The term of each option to purchase common stock of the Company is established by the Plan Administrator or, if not so established, is 10 years from the grant date.
	The Plan Administrator establishes the time at which each option shall vest and become exercisable. If not established in the instrument evidencing the option, the option shall vest and become exercisable according to the following schedule: (i) after one year of the participant’s continuous employment or service with the company or its related corporations, one quarter of the total options will be vested and exercisable; (ii) after each additional six-month period of continuous service completed thereafter, an additional one eighth of the total options will be vested and exercisable; and (iii) after four years, 100% of the options will be vested and exercisable. Under the terms of the Plan, the exercise price for shares shall be paid in cash or check to the Company unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise.
	The Plan Administrator shall determine whether the options will continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, if a participant ceases to be employed or provide services to the Company. If not so established in the instrument evidencing such options, any portion of an option that is not vested and exercisable on the date of termination of the participant’s employment or service relationship (the “Employment Termination Date”) shall expire on such date. Any portion of an option that is vested and exercisable on the Employment Termination Date shall expire upon the earliest to occur of: (i) if the participant’s Employment Termination Date occurs by reason of retirement, disability or death, the one-year anniversary of such Employment Termination Date; (ii) if the participant’s Employment Termination Date occurs for reasons other than cause, retirement, disability or death, the three-month anniversary of such Employment Termination Date; or (iii) the last day of the option term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the participant dies after the Employment Termination Date while the Option is otherwise exercisable, the portion of the option that is vested and exercisable on such Employment Termination Date shall expire upon the earlier to occur of: (i) the last day of the option term; or (ii) the first anniversary of the date of death, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise.
	If a participant is terminated for cause, the options shall automatically expire at the time the Company first notifies the participant of the termination. If a participant’s employment is suspended pending investigation of whether they will be terminated for cause, the participant’s rights under any option shall be suspended during the period of investigation. Awards granted under the Plan may not be assigned, except, to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”), and the Plan Administrator may permit such assignment, transfer and exercisability, and may permit a participant to designate a beneficiary who may exercise the award or receive compensation under the award after the participant’s death. Any award permitted to be assigned shall be subject to the terms and conditions contained in the instrument evidencing the award.
	The Plan may only be amended by the Company’s Board of Directors, as it deems advisable. Shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the extent required for compliance with Section 422 of the IRC, as amended or any applicable law or regulation. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Incentive stock options may not be granted more than 10 years after the later of the Plan’s adoption by the Board or the adoption by the Board of any amendment to the Plan that constitutes adoption of a new plan for the purpose of Section 422 of the IRC. Participants who are residents of California shall be subject to additional terms and conditions until the Common Stock becomes a publicly traded security, under the California Securities Code.
	We grandfathered the following options issued to consultants during the 4th quarter of 2013 in to the 2014 Plan:
	The Company entered into a Strategic Advisory Services Agreement with P5, LLC (“P5”) dated effective October 15, 2013, to provide strategic advisory services. As consideration for such services, the Company granted P5 an aggregate total of 17,500,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company, with 7,500,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $0.65 per share and 10,000,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, with a grant term of seven years and subject to a vesting schedule. With respect to the options to purchase up to 7,500,000 shares at $0.65 per share, 2,500,000 options vest upon each of the following: (i) October 15, 2013 (the “P5 Grant Date”); (ii) 90 days after the P5 Grant Date; and (iii) 180 days after the P5 Grant Date. With respect to the options to purchase up to 10,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, 2,500,000 options vest upon each of the following: April 1, 2014, July 1, 2014, October 1, 2014 and January 1, 2015.
	The Company entered into a Strategic Advisory Services Agreement with a consultant dated effective October 15, 2013. As consideration for the consultant’s assistance in expanding the Company’s operations and securing new business arrangements, the Company granted the consultant an aggregate of 3,500,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company, with 1,500,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $0.65 per share and 2,000,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, with a grant term of seven years and subject to a vesting schedule. With respect to the options to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares at $0.65 per share, 500,000 options vest upon each of the following: (i) October 15, 2013 (the “Consultant Grant Date”); (ii) 90 days after the Consultant Grant Date; and (iii) 180 days after the Consultant Grant Date. With respect to the options to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, 500,000 options vest upon each of the following: April 1, 2014, July 1, 2014, October 1, 2014 and January 1, 2015.
	On December 26, 2013, the Company entered into a Consulting Services Agreement with LR Advisors, LLC (“LRA”). Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, LRA agreed to provide the Company advisory services in connection with the Company’s investor relations. As compensation for such services, LRA was granted a total of 1,500,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, with a grant term of seven years. The options vested in full upon execution of the agreement.
The Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with EAS Advisors, LLC (“EAS”) on January 1, 2014, whereby EAS agreed to provide the Company general corporate advice, guidance and strategic services relating to the Company’s milling assets and the development of mining clients and contacts. As consideration for such services, the Company granted EAS an aggregate of 2,000,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company, with 1,000,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $1.25 per share and 1,000,000 shares available for purchase at an exercise price of $2.25 per share, with a grant term of seven years and subject to a vesting schedule. With respect to the options to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares at $1.25 per share, 250,000 options vest upon each of the following: (i) January 1, 2014 (the “EAS Grant Date”); (ii) 90 days after the EAS Grant Date; (iii) 180 days after the EAS Grant Date; and (iv) 270 days after the EAS Grant Date. With respect to the options to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.25 per share, 250,000 options vest upon each of the following: July 1, 2014, October 1, 2014, November 1, 2014 and December 1, 2014. The Company estimated the fair value of these options of $1,398,584 using the above Black-Scholes pricing model and will amortize over the vesting term.
On June 18, 2014, the Company granted 250,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.67 per share with a grant term of seven years to a legal advisor. The options vest in full on grant.
On June 18, 2014, the Company granted 750,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.67 per share with a grant term of seven years to the President of our Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc. subsidiary. The options vest in full on grant.
On June 18, 2014, the Company granted 1,000,000 options to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.67 per share with a grant term of seven years to an officer of the Company. The options vest in full on grant.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model as a method for determining the estimated fair value for stock awards. Compensation expense for stock awards is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of service awards and for performance based awards, the Company recognizes the expense when the performance condition is probable of being met.
In determining the compensation cost of the stock awards granted during fiscal 2014, the fair value of each grant had been estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the weighted average assumptions used in these calculations are summarized below:
		June 30,
		2014				2013
Risk-free interest rate			2.21% to 2.41	%				—
Expected volatility factor			75	%				—
Expected dividend			—					—
Expected option term			7 years					—
The Company reviews its current assumptions on a periodic basis and adjusts them as necessary to ensure an accurate valuation. The risk-free interest rate is based on the Federal Reserve Board’s constant maturities of the U.S. Treasury bond obligations with terms comparable to the expected life of the options at their issuance date. The Company uses historical data to estimate expected forfeitures, expected dividend yield, expected volatility of the Company’s stock and the expected life of the options.
The Company recorded $6,267,724 and $0 related to non-cash compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. All compensation expense is included in general and administrative expense. There was no tax benefit from recording this non-cash expense due to our income tax valuation allowance and due to a portion of the options being incentive stock options. The compensation expense had a $0.07 and $0.00 per share impact on the loss per share for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of June 30, 2014, there was $2,685,555 in unrecognized compensation expense.
The following tables summarize information about the Company’s stock options:
			Number of		Weighted
			Options		Average
					Exercise
					Price
Options outstanding - December 31, 2012			10,438,335		$	0.64
Granted			28,500,000			0.89
Canceled or expired			-6,187,493			0.56
Exercised			—			—
Options outstanding - December 31, 2013			32,750,842		$	0.88
Granted			4,000,000			1.71
Canceled or expired			—			—
Exercised			—			—
Options outstanding – June 30, 2014			36,750,842		$	0.97
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period ended June 30, 2014					$	1.17
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period ended June 30, 2013					$	0
A summary of the Company’s non-vested options at June 30, 2014, and changes during the period ended June 30, 2014, is presented below:
			Options		Weighted
					Average
					Grant Date
					Fair Value
Non-vested, beginning of period			21,750,000		$	0.24
Granted			4,000,000		$	0.94
Vested			-16,142,859		$	0.27
Forfeited			—		$	—
Non-vested, end of period			9,607,141		$	0.27
The following tables summarize information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2014:
			Options Outstanding at June 30, 2014
Range of			Number		Weighted		Weighted			Aggregate
Exercise Prices			Outstanding		Remaining		Average			Intrinsic
					Contractual		Exercise			Value(1)
					Life		Price
$0.40 to $0.60			7,361,842		5.6 years		$	0.47		$	10,917,352
$0.61 to $1.00			10,600,000		5.8 years		$	0.69		$	13,380,000
$1.01 to $1.50			15,789,000		5.9 years		$	1.23		$	11,374,550
$1.51 to $2.25			3,000,000		6.8 years		$	1.86		$	560,000
$0.40 to $2.25			36,750,842		5.9 years		$	0.97		$	36,231,902
			Options Exercisable at June 30, 2014
Range of			Number		Weighted		Weighted			Aggregate
Exercise Prices			Exercisable		Remaining		Average			Intrinsic
					Contractual		Exercise			Value(1)
					Life		Price
$0.40 to $0.60			5,611,843		5.3 years		$	0.47		$	7,579,852
$0.61 to $1.00			10,600,000		5.8 years		$	0.69		$	13,380,000
$1.00 to $1.50			8,431,859		5.2 years		$	1.2		$	4,899,550
$1.50 to $2.25			2,499,999		7.0 years		$	1.67		$	560,000
$0.40 to $2.25			27,143,701		5.6 years		$	0.86		$	26,419,402
(1) The aggregate intrinsic value in the table represents the difference between the closing stock price on June 30, 2014 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on June 30, 2014. No options were exercised during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

COMMITMENTS_AND_CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	'
	NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
	In May 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with a consultant to operate and manage a future toll milling facility in Clark County, Nevada as well as to perform other services, as requested by the Company. The term of the agreement was for two years and could be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties.  In return for these services, the Company had agreed to the following compensation throughout the term of this agreement:
		-1	Issue 300,000 shares of its unregistered common stock;
		-2	pay the consultant a cash payment of $10,000 per month plus certain living accommodation expenses for a residence in Clark County;
		-3	pay the consultant 25% of the calculated monthly net profits, as defined in the agreement, of the Clark County toll milling facility; and
		-4	pay the consultant 10% of the Company’s net profits derived from those contracts originated by the consultant.
	The Company has abandoned any plans to construct a facility in Clark County because of zoning and permitting requirements, this location could have only been a laboratory and not a facility that housed both toll milling capabilities and a laboratory. At December 31, 2013, the Company had accrued $458,250 and $183,790 for the future issuance of the common stock and unpaid monthly cash payments, respectively. On February 13, 2014, the Company issued the 300,000 unregistered shares of common stock valued at $480,000 to the consultant.

SUBSEQUENT_EVENTS

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]	'
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	'
	NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
	Settlement Agreement
	On July 15, 2014, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement with a former director wherein the parties agreed on the number of options issued to the former director under the 2010 Plan, resolved any and all claims against the Company and the Company issued 150,000 warrants with an exercise price of $2.00 per share that expire July 15, 2017 to the former officer.
	Option Exercise
	On July 15, 2014, a holder with an option to purchase a total of 400,000 shares under the 2010 Plan originally granted on September 14, 2010 executed a cashless exercise wherein 282,000 restricted shares were issued and 118,000 shares were surrendered as payment for the issued shares.
	Warrant Exercise
	On July 17, 2014, 613,000 warrants to purchase common stock were exercised at a per share price of $0.60 for a total of $367,800.

SUMMARY_OF_SIGNIFICANT_ACCOUNT1

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Principles of Consolidation	'
	Principles of Consolidation
	The financial statements includes the accounts of Standard Metals Processing, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiaries Tonopah Milling and Metals Group, Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiaries Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc. and Tonopah Resources, Inc.) and Esmeralda Renewable Energy, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions, accounts and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Basis of Presentation	'
	Basis of Presentation
	The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared by us in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), for interim financial information pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-K filed April 11, 2014. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year as a whole.
Shea Mining and Milling Assets	'
	Shea Mining and Milling Assets
	We have recorded the estimated fair value of the Shea Mining and Milling assets as an aggregate amount on our condensed balance sheets. The assets include the mine tailings and dumps, the land, water rights and the milling facility (the buildings and equipment). None of the assets have been put into production, nor have we performed any repair or updates to any of the equipment or buildings. As such, we will continue to classify them under a single listing.
Mineral Properties	'
	Mineral Properties
	Mineral property acquisition costs are recorded at cost and are deferred until the viability of the property is determined. No properties have reached the development stage at this time. Exploration, mineral property evaluation, option payments, related acquisition costs for mineral properties acquired under an option agreement, general overhead, administrative and holding costs to maintain a property on a care and maintenance basis are expensed in the period they are incurred. When reserves are determined for a property and a bankable feasibility study is completed, subsequent exploration and development costs on the property would be capitalized. If a project were to be put into production, capitalized costs would be depleted on the unit of production basis.
	Management reviews the net carrying value of each mineral property as changes may materialize with a property or at a minimum, on an annual basis. Where information and conditions suggest impairment, estimated future net cash flows from each property are calculated using estimated future prices, proven and probable reserves and value beyond proven and probable reserves, and operating, capital and reclamation costs on an undiscounted basis. If it is determined that the future cash flows are less than the carrying value, a write-down to the estimated fair value is made with a charge to loss for the period. Where estimates of future net cash flows are not available and where other conditions suggest impairment, management assesses if the carrying value can be recovered.
	Management’s estimates of gold prices, recoverable reserves, probable outcomes, operating capital and reclamation costs are subject to risks and uncertainties that may affect the recoverability of mineral property costs.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	'
	Recent Accounting Pronouncements
	In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-10, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation. The amendments in this update remove the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the Accounting Standards Codification, thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inceptionto- date information in the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The Company plans to early adopt ASU No. 2014-10 during the third quarter of the year ended December 31, 2014.

ACQUISITION_OF_SHEA_MINING_AND1

ACQUISITION OF SHEA MINING AND MILLING ASSETS (Tables)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Acquisition Of Shea Mining And Milling Assets [Abstract]	'
Purchase Consideration of Assets Acquired	'
	The purchase consideration of the assets acquired was calculated as follows:
	Issuance of 35,000,000 shares of common stock with an estimated fair value of $0.89 per share (closing sales price on March 15, 2011)	$	31,150,000
	Cash consideration		700,000
	Assumption of NJB Mining mortgage		2,500,000
	Assumption of accrued interest and other liabilities		463,184
	Legal costs (includes issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock valued at $89,000)		205,258
	Other direct expenses incurred in connection with the Shea Exchange Agreement		140,985
		$	35,159,427
Final Purchase Price Allocation	'
	The table below sets forth the final purchase price allocation. The estimated fair value of the mineral properties and property and equipment was determined based on level 3 inputs using cost and market value approaches.
	Tonopah mine tailings	$	24,888,252
	Tonopah dormant milling facility		8,062,875
	Tonopah land		1,760,000
	Tonopah water rights		348,300
	Manhattan mine dumps		100,000
	Total	$	35,159,427

PROPERTY_PLANT_AND_EQUIPMENT_T

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'
Components of Property Plant and Equipment	'
	Components of our property, plant and equipment are as follows:
		June 30,		December
				31,
		2014		2013
	Equipment	$	21,000	$	21,000
	Construction in progress		1,224,760		68,349
	Less accumulated depreciation		-8,813		—
		$	1,236,947	$	89,349

SHORTTERM_NOTES_PAYABLE_Tables

SHORT-TERM NOTES PAYABLE (Tables)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Summary of Short Term Notes Payable	'
	The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term notes payable:
		June 30,		December
				31,
		2014		2013
	Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010, in the principal amount of $25,000 to Stephen Flechner, our President at the time, utilized for a potential mining project; stated interest rate of 5%; accrued interest of $4,147 at December 31, 2013; with a maturity date of November 30, 2010, original terms apply in the default period. (1)	$	—	$	25,000
	Totals	$	—	$	25,000
	(1) Secured by a personal guarantee of Stephen D. King, our CEO at the time. The principal and interest of this note were paid in full on February 13, 2014.
Summary of Short-Term Notes Payable Balances	'
	The following table summarizes the short-term notes payable activity for the quarter ended June 30, 2014:
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	25,000
	Add: advances from Pure Path		—
	Less: principal repaid		25,000
	Balance at June 30, 2014	$	—

SHAREHOLDERS_EQUITY_Tables

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]	'
Summary of Stock Warrants Outstanding	'
	The following table summarizes information about the Company’s stock warrants outstanding:
			Number		Weighted			Range			Weighted
					Average			of			Remaining
					Exercise			Exercise			Contractual
					Price			Price			Life
	Outstanding at December 31, 2013		13,989,206		$	0.67		$	0.20 - 1.00
	Granted		—		$	—		$	—
	Cancelled or expired		—			—			—
	Exercised		-3,997,867		$	0.46		$	0.25 – 1.00
	Warrants outstanding at June 30, 2014		9,991,339		$	0.76		$	0.20 – 1.00		3.5 years
	Warrants exercisable at June 30, 2014		9,991,339		$	0.76		$	0.20 – 1.00
Black-Scholes Pricing Model and Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Options	'
	In determining the compensation cost of the stock awards granted during fiscal 2014, the fair value of each grant had been estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model and the weighted average assumptions used in these calculations are summarized below:
		June 30,
		2014				2013
	Risk-free interest rate		2.21% to 2.41	%				—
	Expected volatility factor		75	%				—
	Expected dividend		—					—
	Expected option term		7 years					—
Summary of Stock Options Activity	'
	The following tables summarize information about the Company’s stock options:
			Number of		Weighted
			Options		Average
					Exercise
					Price
	Options outstanding - December 31, 2012		10,438,335		$	0.64
	Granted		28,500,000			0.89
	Canceled or expired		-6,187,493			0.56
	Exercised		—			—
	Options outstanding - December 31, 2013		32,750,842		$	0.88
	Granted		4,000,000			1.71
	Canceled or expired		—			—
	Exercised		—			—
	Options outstanding – June 30, 2014		36,750,842		$	0.97
	Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period ended June 30, 2014				$	1.17
	Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period ended June 30, 2013				$	0
Summary of Company's Nonvested Options	'
	A summary of the Company’s non-vested options at June 30, 2014, and changes during the period ended June 30, 2014, is presented below:
			Options		Weighted
					Average
					Grant Date
					Fair Value
	Non-vested, beginning of period		21,750,000		$	0.24
	Granted		4,000,000		$	0.94
	Vested		-16,142,859		$	0.27
	Forfeited		—		$	—
	Non-vested, end of period		9,607,141		$	0.27
Summary of Stock Options by Exercise Price Range	'
	The following tables summarize information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2014:
			Options Outstanding at June 30, 2014
	Range of		Number		Weighted		Weighted			Aggregate
	Exercise Prices		Outstanding		Remaining		Average			Intrinsic
					Contractual		Exercise			Value(1)
					Life		Price
	$0.40 to $0.60		7,361,842		5.6 years		$	0.47		$	10,917,352
	$0.61 to $1.00		10,600,000		5.8 years		$	0.69		$	13,380,000
	$1.01 to $1.50		15,789,000		5.9 years		$	1.23		$	11,374,550
	$1.51 to $2.25		3,000,000		6.8 years		$	1.86		$	560,000
	$0.40 to $2.25		36,750,842		5.9 years		$	0.97		$	36,231,902
			Options Exercisable at June 30, 2014
	Range of		Number		Weighted		Weighted			Aggregate
	Exercise Prices		Exercisable		Remaining		Average			Intrinsic
					Contractual		Exercise			Value(1)
					Life		Price
	$0.40 to $0.60		5,611,843		5.3 years		$	0.47		$	7,579,852
	$0.61 to $1.00		10,600,000		5.8 years		$	0.69		$	13,380,000
	$1.00 to $1.50		8,431,859		5.2 years		$	1.2		$	4,899,550
	$1.50 to $2.25		2,499,999		7.0 years		$	1.67		$	560,000
	$0.40 to $2.25		27,143,701		5.6 years		$	0.86		$	26,419,402
	(1) The aggregate intrinsic value in the table represents the difference between the closing stock price on June 30, 2014 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on June 30, 2014. No options were exercised during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Overview_Additional_Informatio

Overview - Additional Information (Detail)	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 15, 2011
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]	'
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions	35,000,000

Companys_Going_Concern_Additio

Company's Going Concern - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	117 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014
Going Concern Disclosure [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent, Total	($9,573,863)	($362,674)	($13,078,214)	($920,638)	($7,749,905)	($48,905,934)
Development Stage Enterprise, Deficit Accumulated During Development Stage	48,905,934	'	48,905,934	'	35,827,720	48,905,934
Working Capital Net	$3,986,814	'	$3,986,814	'	'	$3,986,814

Recovered_Sheet1

Acquisition of Shea Mining and Milling Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

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Oct. 10, 2013

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31-May-11

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 13, 2011

Jun. 30, 2014

Dec. 31, 2011

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 08, 2012

Jun. 30, 2014

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Mar. 15, 2011

Mar. 15, 2011

Oct. 09, 2012

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Expiring on December 14, 2014

Expiring on December 14, 2014

Expiring on December 19, 2014

Pure Path

Amargosa Property

Debt Modifications

Debt Modifications

Debt Modifications

Forbearance Agreement

Forbearance Agreement

Shea Exchange Agreement

Shea Exchange Agreement

Tonopah Property

Tonopah Property

If the Amended and Restated Forbearance arrangements are not agreed to

Series A Preferred Stock

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Millers Tailings

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

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Issuance of common stock for Shea Mining and Milling assets (in shares)

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35,000,000

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35,000,000

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Area of land

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1,174

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'An estimated 2.2 million tons of tailings known as the Millers Tailings from the historic gold rush of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada is sitting on approximately 334 acres of this land.

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$2,500,000

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Assumption of accrued interest

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375,645

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Issuance of common stock (in shares)

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300,000

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1,299,000

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630,000

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5,000,000

5,000,000

10,000,000

10,000,000

Right to purchase property

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6,000,000

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Monthly base rent

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Property assigned through a separate contract agreement, monthly fee

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5,000

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Lease Liability

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Reverse acquisition, ownership interest acquired (approximately 56% ownership interest on a fully diluted basis)

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Wits Basin common stock exchanged for preferred shares Wits Basin common stock exchanged for preferred shares (in shares)

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Minimum market capitalization over any 90-day period to be considered as a Liquidation Event

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200,000,000

Exercise of options from $0.51 to $1.00 (in shares)

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10,000

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Exercise of options from $0.51 to $1.00

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10,000

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Forfeited common stock, Voting rights shares

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110,000

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Convertible notes, face amount

1,933,345

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2,500,000

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use

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$1,500,000

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27,000,000

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Purchase_Consideration_of_Asse

Purchase Consideration of Assets Acquired (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Issuance of 35,000,000 shares of common stock with an estimated fair value of $0.89 per share (closing sales price on March 15, 2011)	$31,150,000
Cash consideration	700,000
Assumption of NJB Mining mortgage	2,500,000
Assumption of accrued interest and other liabilities	463,184
Shea Mining and Milling Assets	35,159,427
Other Expense	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Direct expenses incurred in connection with the Shea Exchange Agreement	140,985
Professional Fees	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Direct expenses incurred in connection with the Shea Exchange Agreement	$205,258

Purchase_Consideration_of_Asse1

Purchase Consideration of Assets Acquired (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 15, 2011	31-May-11	Jun. 30, 2014
			Professional Fees
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock for Shea Mining and Milling assets (in shares)	35,000,000	'	'
Issuance of common stock in private placements, per unit	$0.89	'	'
Common stock issued, shares	'	300,000	100,000
Issuance of common stock	'	'	$89,000

Final_Purchase_Price_Allocatio

Final Purchase Price Allocation (Detail) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, Purchase Price Allocation [Line Items]	'	'
Tonopah mine tailings	$24,888,252	'
Tonopah dormant milling facility	8,062,875	'
Tonopah land	1,760,000	'
Tonopah water rights	348,300	'
Manhattan mine dumps	100,000	'
Total	$35,159,427	$35,159,427

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_A

Property, Plant, and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) (Construction Contracts)	Jun. 30, 2014
	acre
Construction Contracts	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'
Area of Land	21,875

Components_of_Property_Plant_a

Components of Property Plant and Equipment (Detail) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Equipment	$21,000	$21,000
Construction in progress	1,224,760	68,349
Less accumulated depreciation	-8,813	0
Net property, plant and equipment	$1,236,947	$89,349

Summary_of_Short_Term_Notes_Pa

Summary of Short Term Notes Payable (Detail) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Short-term Debt [Line Items]	'		'
Short-term notes payable	$0		$25,000
Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010	'		'
Short-term Debt [Line Items]	'		'
Short-term notes payable	$0	[1]	$25,000	[1]
[1]	Secured by a personal guarantee of Stephen D. King, our CEO at the time. The principal and interest of this note were paid in full on February 13, 2014.

Summary_of_Short_Term_Notes_Pa1

Summary of Short Term Notes Payable (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 10, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 07, 2010	Jun. 30, 2014
				Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010	Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010	President
						Promissory note issued on September 7, 2010
Short-term Debt [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'
Interest rate	'	'	8.00%	'	5.00%	'
Accrued interest	$155,167	$86,143	'	$4,147	'	'
Short-term Debt	$0	$25,000	'	'	$25,000	'
Debt instrument maturity date	'	'	'	'	'	30-Nov-10

Summary_of_ShortTerm_Notes_Pay

Summary of Short-Term Notes Payable Balances (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended		117 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014
Short-term Debt [Line Items]	'	'	'
Balance	$25,000	'	'
Add: advances from Pure Path	0	333,834	3,359,727
Less: principal repaid	25,000	0	25,000
Balance	$0	'	$0

Shareholders_Equity_Additional

Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

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1 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

117 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

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1 Months Ended

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1 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

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1 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

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1 Months Ended

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Feb. 13, 2014

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Jan. 26, 2011

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jun. 30, 2014

Oct. 15, 2013

Jun. 10, 2014

Jun. 18, 2014

Jun. 18, 2014

Jul. 17, 2014

Mar. 22, 2010

Nov. 13, 2013

Oct. 15, 2013

Oct. 15, 2013

Jan. 31, 2014

Jun. 18, 2014

Jan. 21, 2011

Dec. 31, 2012

Jan. 27, 2014

Oct. 15, 2013

Jan. 31, 2014

Apr. 03, 2014

Jan. 01, 2015

Oct. 01, 2014

Jul. 01, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Oct. 01, 2014

Dec. 01, 2014

Nov. 01, 2014

Oct. 01, 2014

Jul. 01, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Dec. 26, 2013

Oct. 15, 2013

Jan. 21, 2011

Jan. 21, 2011

Oct. 15, 2013

Jan. 17, 2014

Jan. 17, 2014

Jan. 17, 2014

Mar. 04, 2014

Apr. 22, 2014

Feb. 13, 2014

Jul. 25, 2011

Jul. 25, 2011

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Mar. 15, 2011

Feb. 29, 2012

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Dec. 31, 2013

Feb. 29, 2012

Apr. 03, 2014

Jul. 01, 2014

Oct. 15, 2013

Jan. 01, 2015

Oct. 01, 2014

Jul. 01, 2014

Oct. 15, 2013

Oct. 15, 2013

Consultant

Legal Advisor

President Of Tonopah Custom Processing, Inc.

Subsequent Event

Board of Directors

Chief Executive Officer

President

P5 LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

Officer

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

Warrant

Warrant

Warrant

Warrant

Warrant

Minimum

Minimum

Minimum

Maximum

Maximum

Debt One

Debt Two

Debt Three

Debt Four

Debt Four

Debt Four

After Amendment

After Amendment

Shea Exchange Agreement

Shea Exchange Agreement

Shea Exchange Agreement

Mr.Brinbaum

Mr.Brinbaum

Mr.Brinbaum

Mr.Brinbaum

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Jerry Hug

Warrant exercises one

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

EAS Advisors, LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

EAS Advisors, LLC

Warrant exercises one

Warrant exercises two

Warrant exercises three

Warrant exercises four

P5 LLC

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

2014 Stock Option Plan

Minimum

Maximum

Series A Preferred Stock

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

Stock Option

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Minimum

Maximum

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Subsequent Event

Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]

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Wits Basin common stock exchanged for preferred shares Wits Basin common stock exchanged for preferred shares (in shares)

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19,713,544

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Issuance of common stock (in shares)

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300,000

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3,000,000

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2,800,000

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2,000,000

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10,000,000

10,000,000

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Preferred stock, par value

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$0.00

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Stock Incentive Plan, option vesting period

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'5 years

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Stock Incentive Plan, option expiration term

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'10 years

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'10 years

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Stock Incentive Plan, shares available to be granted

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6,200,000

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3,000,000

13,500,000

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13,500,000

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Compensation expense impact on earnings

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$0.07

$0

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Unrecognized share based compensation Expense

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$2,685,555

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Share Price

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$1

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$0.47

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Convertible note, unregistered common stock issued

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237,118

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387,820

250,000

800,000

200,000

112,360

300,000

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Common stock issued, value

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43,000

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Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount

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100,000

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193,910

125,000

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100,000

100,000

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Number Of Shares Authorized

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13,500,000

14,500,000

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Right To Purchase Number Of Shares

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100,000

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period

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613,000

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1,631,842

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'

'

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'

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1,832,917

1,730,867

400,000

1,667,000

200,000

'

'

'

'

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'

'

225,000

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'

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'

'

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0

400,000

900,000

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Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense

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222,000

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Common Stock, Shares Subscribed but Unissued

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200,000

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Common Stock Shares Authorized

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'

500,000,000

'

500,000,000

500,000,000

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

10,500,000

'

75,000,000

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Common Stock Shares Available On Pro-rata Basis

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200,000

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

'

4,500,000

1,500,000

17,500,000

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'

'

'

'

'

'

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1,500,000

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

3,500,000

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'

'

'

Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price

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'

'

'

$1.71

'

$0.89

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'

'

$1.67

$1.67

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'

$0.38

$0.60

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'

$1.67

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$2.25

$1.25

$2.25

$1.25

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'

$1.25

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'

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term

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'

'

'

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'

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'7 years

'7 years

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Number

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

2,500,000

'

'

'

'

'

1,500,000

750,000

'

1,000,000

'

'

'

'

2,500,000

'

2,500,000

2,500,000

2,500,000

2,500,000

250,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

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'

'

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'

'

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'

500,000

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'

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'

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

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'

375,000

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

500,000

500,000

'

500,000

500,000

500,000

'

'

Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Number of Exercisable Options

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

7,500,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

7,500,000

'

'

10,000,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

2,000,000

'

1,500,000

'

1,500,000

2,000,000

Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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$0.65

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$0.65

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'

'

'

'

'

$0.65

'

$0.65

'

Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit

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$1.25

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$1.25

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'

'

'

$1.25

Share-based Compensation

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'

'

'

10,860,224

0

'

23,170,030

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'

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'

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'

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'

'

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'

1,398,584

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'

Debt Conversion Converted Instrument Interest

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'

'

'

18,559

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

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'

'

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'

'

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'

Convertible promissory notes, conversion price per share

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$0.28

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Class Of Warrant Or Right Exercised In Period

'

'

'

'

'

-3,997,867

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

3,997,867

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price

'

'

'

'

'

$0

'

$0

'

'

'

'

'

$0.60

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

$0.25

$0.50

$0.60

$1

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Extinguishment of Debt, Amount

'

'

80,000

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Non Cash Gain Loss On Extinguishment Of Debt

'

'

'

'

'

959,020

21,033

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

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Summary_of_Stock_Warrants_Outs

Summary of Stock Warrants Outstanding (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding	'
Beginning Balance	13,989,206
Granted	0
Cancelled or expired	0
Exercised	-3,997,867
Ending Balance	9,991,339
Warrants exercisable	9,991,339
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	'
Beginning Balance	$0.67
Granted	$0
Cancelled or expired	$0
Exercised	$0.46
Ending Balance	$0.76
Warrants exercisable	$0.76
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding Exercise Price Range	'
Granted	$0
Cancelled or expired	$0
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	'
Outstanding	'3 years 6 months
Minimum	'
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding Exercise Price Range	'
Begining Balance	$0.20
Exercised	$0.25
Ending Balance	$0.25
Warrants exercisable	$0.20
Maximum	'
Class of Warrant or Right Outstanding Exercise Price Range	'
Begining Balance	$1
Exercised	$1
Ending Balance	$1
Warrants exercisable	$1

BlackScholes_Pricing_Model_and

Black-Scholes Pricing Model and Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Options (Detail)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'
Risk-free interest rate	'	0.00%
Expected volatility factor	75.00%	0.00%
Expected dividend	0.00%	0.00%
Expected option term	'7 years	'0 years
Maximum [Member]	'	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'
Risk-free interest rate	2.41%	'
Minimum [Member]	'	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'
Risk-free interest rate	2.21%	'

Summary_of_Companys_Stock_Opti

Summary of Company's Stock Options (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Number of Options	'	'	'
Options outstanding	32,750,842	10,438,335	10,438,335
Granted	4,000,000	'	28,500,000
Canceled or expired	0	'	-6,187,493
Exercised	0	'	0
Options outstanding	36,750,842	'	32,750,842
Weighted Average Exercise Price	'	'	'
Options outstanding	$0.88	$0.64	$0.64
Granted	$1.71	'	$0.89
Canceled or expired	$0	'	$0.56
Exercised	$0	'	$0
Options outstanding	$0.97	'	$0.88
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year	$1.17	$0	'

Summary_of_Companys_Nonvested_

Summary of Company's Nonvested Options (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Summary Of Company Nonvested Options [Line Items]	'
Nonvested, Options, beginning of year	21,750,000
Granted, Options	4,000,000
Vested, Options	-16,142,859
Forfeited, Options	0
Nonvested, Options, end of year	9,607,141
Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, beginning of year	$0.24
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$0.94
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$0.27
Forfeited, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$0
Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, end of year	$0.27

Summary_of_Stock_Options_Outst

Summary of Stock Options Outstanding and Exercisable (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
$0.40 to $0.60	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$0.40
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$0.60
Number of Options, Outstanding	7,361,842
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'5 years 7 months 6 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding	$0.47
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$10,917,352	[1]
Number of Options, Exercisable	5,611,843
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable	'5 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$0.47
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	7,579,852	[1]
$0.61 to $1.00	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$0.61
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$1
Number of Options, Outstanding	10,600,000
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'5 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding	$0.69
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	13,380,000	[1]
Number of Options, Exercisable	10,600,000
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable	'5 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$0.69
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	13,380,000	[1]
$1.00 to $1.50	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$1
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$1.50
Number of Options, Exercisable	8,431,859
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable	'5 years 2 months 12 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$1.20
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	4,899,550	[1]
$1.50 to $2.25	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$1.50
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$2.25
Number of Options, Exercisable	2,499,999
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable	'7 years
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$1.67
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	560,000	[1]
$0.40 to $2.25	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$0.40
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$2.25
Number of Options, Outstanding	36,750,842
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'5 years 10 months 24 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding	$0.97
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	36,231,902	[1]
Number of Options, Exercisable	27,143,701
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable	'5 years 7 months 6 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$0.86
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	26,419,402	[1]
$1.01 to $1.50	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$1.01
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$1.50
Number of Options, Outstanding	15,789,000
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'5 years 10 months 24 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding	$1.23
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	11,374,550	[1]
$1.51 to $2.25	'
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]	'
Lower Range Exercise Prices	$1.51
Upper Range Exercise Prices	$2.25
Number of Options, Outstanding	3,000,000
Weighted Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding	'6 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding	$1.86
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$560,000	[1]
[1]	The aggregate intrinsic value in the table represents the difference between the closing stock price on June 30, 2014 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on June 30, 2014. No options were exercised during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2014	31-May-11	31-May-11	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
			Agreement with a consultant to operate and manage a future toll milling facility in Clark County, Nevada	Agreement with a consultant to operate and manage a future toll milling facility in Clark County, Nevada	Agreement with a consultant to operate and manage a future toll milling facility in Clark County, Nevada
				Monthly Payment	Common Stock Issuable
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock (in shares)	'	300,000	'	'	'
Consulting agreement, monthly payment	'	$10,000	'	'	'
Payment agreement with consultant as a percentage of net profit	'	10.00%	25.00%	'	'
Accrued consultancy fee	'	'	'	183,790	458,250
Stock issued during period, shares, issued for services	300,000	'	'	'	'
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services	$480,000	'	'	'	'

Subsequent_Events_Additional_I

Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 15, 2014	Jul. 15, 2014	Jul. 17, 2014
			Subsequent Event	Subsequent Event	Subsequent Event
			2010 Plan	Settlement Agreement - Former Director	Warrant exercises one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'
Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised	'	'	282,000	'	613,000
Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price	$0	$0	'	'	$0.60
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	'	'	'	'	$367,800
Class Of Warrant Or Right Exercise Price Of Warrants Or Rights Expiration Date	'	'	'	15-Jul-17	'
Shares Surrendered As Payment for Issued Shares	'	'	118,000	'	'
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	'	'	'	150,000	'
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights	'	'	'	$2	'
Stock Granted, Value, Share-based Compensation, Gross	'	'	$400,000	'	'