Texas Pacific Land Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 4 - Real Estate Acquired (Detail) - Real estate acquired included the following activity: (USD $)				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 acre	Dec. 31, 2011 acre	Dec. 31, 2010 acre	Dec. 31, 2011 Land Sales [Member] acre
Balance at January 1:	10,124.78	10,124.78	10,793.23
Balance at January 1: (in Dollars)	$ 1,125,059	$ 1,125,059	$ 1,161,504
Sales				(668.45)
Sales (in Dollars)				(36,445)
Balance at December 31:	10,124.78	10,124.78	10,793.23
Balance at December 31: (in Dollars)	$ 1,125,059	$ 1,125,059	$ 1,161,504