INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
     We consent to the use in the Registration Statement of Eagle-Picher
Industries, Inc. on Form S-4, related to the $220,000,000 Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2008, of our reports dated January 15, 1998 on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of (1) Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. as of and
for the year ended November 30, 1997, and (2) Eagle-Picher Holdings, Inc. as of
December 22, 1997, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this
Registration Statement.
 
     We also consent to the reference to us under the heading 'Experts' in such
Prospectus.
 
                                          /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
Cincinnati, Ohio
April 10, 1998