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Note 11. Business Segments and Significant Customers (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule Of Sales Contributed By Each Segment Table Text Block |
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Greens Creek |  |  | 71.8 | % |  |  | 74.8 | % |  |  | 73.4 | %
Lucky Friday |  |  | 28.2 | % |  |  | 25.2 | % |  |  | 26.6 | %
|  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | 100 | %
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009
Net sales from continuing operations to unaffiliated customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 342,906 |  |  | $ | 313,318 |  |  | $ | 229,318 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 134,728 |  |  |  | 105,495 |  |  |  | 83,230 |
|  | $ | 477,634 |  |  | $ | 418,813 |  |  | $ | 312,548 |
Income (loss) from operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 181,116 |  |  | $ | 138,973 |  |  | $ | 79,329 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 75,608 |  |  |  | 48,639 |  |  |  | 27,146 |
Other |  |  | (59,079 | ) |  |  | (239,167 | ) |  |  | (31,203 | )
|  | $ | 197,645 |  |  | $ | (51,555 | ) |  | $ | 75,272 |
Capital additions (including non-cash additions): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 41,657 |  |  | $ | 18,280 |  |  | $ | 17,520 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 60,454 |  |  |  | 54,370 |  |  |  | 15,990 |
Other |  |  | 35,274 |  |  |  | 2,089 |  |  |  | 30 |
|  | $ | 137,385 |  |  | $ | 74,739 |  |  | $ | 33,540 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 41,013 |  |  | $ | 51,671 |  |  | $ | 52,909 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 6,053 |  |  |  | 8,340 |  |  |  | 9,928 |
|  | $ | 47,066 |  |  | $ | 60,011 |  |  | $ | 62,837 |
Other significant non-cash items from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 2,326 |  |  | $ | 17,829 |  |  | $ | 2,974 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 5,053 |  |  |  | 22 |
Other |  |  | 31,470 |  |  |  | 57,651 |  |  |  | (6,687 | )
|  | $ | 33,810 |  |  | $ | 80,533 |  |  | $ | (3,691 | )
Identifiable assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Greens Creek |  | $ | 729,289 |  |  | $ | 740,573 |  |  | $ | 771,433 |
Lucky Friday |  |  | 213,285 |  |  |  | 170,928 |  |  |  | 116,797 |
Other |  |  | 453,516 |  |  |  | 470,992 |  |  |  | 158,554 |
|  | $ | 1,396,090 |  |  | $ | 1,382,493 |  |  | $ | 1,046,784 |
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
United States |  | $ | 24,409 |  |  | $ | 24,708 |  |  | $ | 19,127 |
Canada |  |  | 240,569 |  |  |  | 124,862 |  |  |  | 136,248 |
Mexico |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,258 |  |  |  | 20,413 |
Japan |  |  | 60,963 |  |  |  | 62,740 |  |  |  | 43,356 |
Korea |  |  | 92,919 |  |  |  | 94,114 |  |  |  | 77,492 |
China |  |  | 51,635 |  |  |  | 73,257 |  |  |  | 15,912 |
Belgium |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,907 |  |  |  | — |
Total, excluding gains/losses on forward contracts |  | $ | 470,495 |  |  | $ | 421,846 |  |  | $ | 312,548 |
Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
United States |  | $ | 923,040 |  |  | $ | 833,186 |
Canada |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 10 |
Mexico |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 92 |
|  | $ | 923,212 |  |  | $ | 833,288 |
Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Teck Metals Ltd. |  |  | 51.1 | % |  |  | 29.6 | % |  |  | 43.6 | %
Korea Zinc |  |  | 18.4 | % |  |  | 20.7 | % |  |  | 23.4 | %
Trafigura AG |  |  | 12.4 | % |  |  | 17.4 | % |  |  | — |

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