Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	13. Subsequent events On January 28, 2014, holders of option awards from the 2006 Plan voluntarily cancelled awards for 1,797,000 options with an option price of Cdn$2.40 with an expiration date of May 5, 2015 to allow Solitario to have additional financial flexibility. No consideration was given or received by the holders of the options to cancel the awards. On February 28, 2014 Solitario closed a private placement of 1,600,000 shares of Solitario common stock priced at $1.05 per share for total proceeds of $1,680,000 (the “2014 Offering”). Solitario retained a placement agent in connection with the portion of the Offering conducted in Canada and paid the placement agent a fee of $50,000 for the sale effected to the single Canadian investor that participated in the 2014 Offering.

Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

13. Subsequent events

On January 28, 2014, holders of option awards from the 2006 Plan voluntarily cancelled awards for 1,797,000 options with an option price of Cdn$2.40 with an expiration date of May 5, 2015 to allow Solitario to have additional financial flexibility. No consideration was given or received by the holders of the options to cancel the awards.

On February 28, 2014 Solitario closed a private placement of 1,600,000 shares of Solitario common stock priced at $1.05 per share for total proceeds of $1,680,000 (the “2014 Offering”). Solitario retained a placement agent in connection with the portion of the Offering conducted in Canada and paid the placement agent a fee of $50,000 for the sale effected to the single Canadian investor that participated in the 2014 Offering.