<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001008551-13-000001.txt : 20130530
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130530172156
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001008551-13-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130530
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130530

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAYLOR ANTHONY P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001008551

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08491
		FILM NUMBER:		13882719

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HECLA MINING CO
		STREET 2:		6500 MINERAL DR. #200
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-8788

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HECLA MINING CO/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719413
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				770664171
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408
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    <periodOfReport>2013-05-30</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000719413</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HECLA MINING CO/DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>TAYLOR ANTHONY P</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HECLA MINING CO</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>6500 MINERAL DR. #200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>COEUR D'ALENE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>ID</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>83815-8788</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-05-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4675</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.1332</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>53191</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote 1</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Allocation of shares in trust to the account of Anthony P. Taylor in the Hecla Mining Company Stock Plan for Nonemployee Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This price is the average closing price for Hecla's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the prior calendar year (2012).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tami D. Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact for Anthony P. Taylor</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-05-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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