Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Sales (Detail)

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Sales (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Revenue, Net, Total $ 7,387us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 6,147us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Concentration Risk, Percentage   100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
 
Company A [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net 6,098us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyMember
3,675us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyMember
Concentration Risk, Percentage   59.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyMember
Company A [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 82.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyMember
 
Company B [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net 1,282us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyBMember
 
Concentration Risk, Percentage   0.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyBMember
Company B [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 17.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyBMember
 
Company C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net   2,312us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyCMember
Concentration Risk, Percentage   37.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyCMember
Company C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 0.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyCMember
 
Company A,B and C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net 7,380us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
5,987us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
Concentration Risk, Percentage   97.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
Company A,B and C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 99.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
 
Company A,B and C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Disposal fees $ 7us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesGross
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
$ 160us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesGross
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
Concentration Risk, Percentage   2.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember
Company A,B and C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Services, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 0.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= urg_CompanyAndBMember