Southeast Missouri Lead District

Not to be confused with the Tri-State District, another lead mining district also largely located in Missouri.

"Lead belt" redirects here. For the concentration of wargames companies in England, see Lead belt (wargaming).

The Southeast Missouri Lead District, commonly called the Lead Belt, is a lead mining district in the southeastern part of Missouri. It contained deposits of galena and other metal-sulfide ores of the so-called Mississippi Valley type.

The district includes parts of the counties of Bollinger, Crawford, Dent, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Sainte Genevieve, Shannon and Washington.

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