EXHIBIT 23.1


              REPORT AND CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Minerals Technologies Inc.:


The audits referred to in our report dated February 4, 1997,
included the related financial statement schedule for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, as listed
in Item 14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this 
financial statement schedule based on our audits.  In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as
a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the
information set forth therein.

We consent to the use of our reports included herein and
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements on Form
S-8 (Nos. 33-59080, 33-65268 and 33-96558).


                                     KPMG PEAT MARWICK  LLP



New York, New York
March 19, 1997