NOTE 2 - ACQUISITION OF TCHEFUNCTE NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC. (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Other	$ 111,974
Initial Purchase Price [Member] \| Samson Properties [Member] \| Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	5,071,525
Post-Closing Purchase Price [Member] \| Samson Properties [Member] \| Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	735,294
Samson Properties [Member] \| Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member] \| Cash from MEI's Loan Agreement with F&M Bank & Trust Company [Member]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid	5,371,525
Samson Properties [Member] \| Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member] \| Cash from selling members of TNR and Mesa's CEO [Member]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid	300,000
Samson Properties [Member] \| Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity	Immediately prior to the acquisition of TNR, on July 22, 2011, TNR completed the acquisition of properties in four fields in south Louisiana (the "Samson Properties") from Samson Contour Energy E&P, LLC
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	4,936,231
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Liabilities Incurred	600,000
Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	100.00%
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity	Assets acquired comprise five oil and gas fields in Plaquemines and Lafourche Parishes in Louisiana
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)	21,200,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned	2,968,000
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Description of Purchase Price Components	a) in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding members' interests of TNR (20 million shares), b) for the retirement of notes payable in the amount of $150,000 (1.2 million shares). The selling members retained an overriding royalty interest on each lease owned by TNR equal to the difference between a 75% net revenue interest ("NRI") (on an 8/8ths basis) and the current NRI, not to exceed 3%
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price	8,339,525
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Liabilities Incurred	5,371,525
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other (in Shares)	30,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Other	$ 4,650

Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. 10-K