Mineral Assets Equipment, Kinetic Separation Intellectual Property, and Other Property (Details)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 23, 2020	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) a	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) a	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Mineral Assets Equipment, and Kinetic Separation Intellectual Property and Other Property [Abstract]
Oil and gas lease permit area in acres (in Acres) | a			160		160
Production revenue percentage of lease, description					As consideration for entering into the lease, the lessee has agreed to pay the Company a royalty from the lessee’s revenue attributed to oil and gas produced, saved, and sold attributable to the net mineral interest.
Initial term of lease			8 years		8 years
Additional term of lease		3 years
Royalty payment	$ 207,552
Aggregate revenue			$ 108,547	$ 16,155	$ 387,810	$ 48,465
Reclamation liability mineral properties			751,405		751,405		$ 740,446
Reclamation liability			75,057		$ 75,057
Reclamation liability, description					The Company expects to begin incurring the reclamation liability after 2054 for all mines that are not in reclamation and accordingly, has discounted the gross liabilities over their remaining lives using a discount rate of 5.4%. The net discounted aggregated values as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $297,510 and $271,620, respectively.
Gross reclamation liabilities			$ 751,405		$ 751,405		$ 740,446
Kinetic separation intellectual property, description					The Kinetic Separation intellectual property was acquired in Western’s acquisition of Black Range on September 16, 2015. Previously Black Range acquired its Kinetic Separation assets in the dissolution of a joint venture on March 17, 2015, through the acquisition of all the assets of the joint venture and received a 25-year license to utilize all of the patented and unpatented technology owned by the joint venture. The technology license agreement for patents and unpatented technology became effective as of March 17, 2015, for a period of 25 years, until March 16, 2040.
Effective period					20 years
Mining equipment purchases					$ 895,400	$ 65,000