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Note 16 - Acquisitions (Details) - Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Parentheticals) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 21, 2008 | Sep. 30, 2013
Note 16 - Acquisitions (Details) - Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Parentheticals) [Line Items] |  |
Hecla stock issued, shares | 5,395,683 | 56,997,790
Hecla stock issued, per share (in Dollars per share) |  | $ 3.83

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- Definition Number of shares of stock issued during the period pursuant to acquisitions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.28,29) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 29, 30 -Article 5 + Details
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