INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Eagle-Picher
Industries, Inc. on Form S-4, related to the $141,910,000 Series B Cumulative
Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock, 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