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Segment Reporting | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting | 10. Segment Reporting Solitario operates in two segments, (i) mineral exploration and (ii) mining development and operations. Solitario is capitalizing Mt. Hamilton development costs subsequent to February 22, 2012, as detailed above in Note 2, “Mineral properties.” The following summarizes Solitario segment activity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:
(in thousands) | Three months ended September 30,
| Mt Hamilton | Exploration | Corporate and Other | Consolidated
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012
Property and joint venture revenue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 200 | $ 200 | $ 200 | $ 200
Exploration expense | - | (6) | 76 | 513 | - | - | 76 | 507
Interest expense (2) | - | 41 | - | - | - | 64 | - | 105
Other loss (income) (1)(3) | 7 | 16 | (17) | (8) | 388 | 1,394 | 378 | 1,402
Pre-tax loss (income) | $ 7 | $51 | $ 59 | $ 505 | $ 188 | $ 1,258 | $254 | $1,814
| (1) | Exploration expense other includes loss on unconsolidated subsidiary.
| (2) | Interest cost and Mt. Hamilton depreciation have been capitalized to Mt. Hamilton mineral properties in 2013. See Note 2, “Mineral Property”.
| (3) | Corporate and other include gain on warrant liability and gain on sale of marketable equity securities.
(in thousands) | Nine months ended September 30,
| Mt Hamilton | Exploration | Corporate and Other | Consolidated
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012
Property and joint venture revenue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 200 | $ 200 | $ 200 | $ 200
Exploration expense | - | 308 | 774 | 1,277 | - | - | 774 | $ 1,585
Interest expense (2) | - | 143 | - | - | - | 103 | - | 246
Other loss (income) (1)(3) | 22 | 43 | 771 | 692 | 299 | 766 | 1,092 | 1,501
Pre-tax loss | $ 22 | $ 494 | $1,545 | $1,969 | $ 99 | $ 669 | $ 1,666 | $ 3,132
Total assets (4)(5) | $14,012 | $14,216 | $1,195 | $1,768 | $4,610 | $8,415 | $19,818 | $24,399
Capital Expenditures (2) | $ 2,124 | $ 2,589 | $ 4 | $ 3 | $ 5 | $ 51 | $ 2,133 | $ 2,643
| (1) | Exploration expense other includes loss on unconsolidated subsidiary.
| (2) | Interest cost and Mt. Hamilton depreciation have been capitalized to Mt. Hamilton in 2013. See Note 2, “Mineral properties.”
| (3) | Corporate and other include gain on warrant liability and gain on sale of marketable equity securities.
| (4) | Exploration total assets include investment in unconsolidated subsidiary.
| (5) | Corporate and other total assets include investment in marketable equity securities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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