Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	May. 13, 2016
Document and Entity Information:
Entity Registrant Name	New Concept Energy, Inc.
Entity Trading Symbol	gbr
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000105744
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,946,935
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1