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Share Based Compensation (Details 2) (Market Share Units, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Market Share Units
   
Assumptions:    
Expected volatility 54.93%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember
60.97%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember
Risk-free rate 0.63%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember
0.35%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember
Expected term (in years) 2 years 11 months 10 days 2 years 4 months 18 days
Expected dividends $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendPayments
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember
$ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendPayments
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= usg_MarketShareUnitsMember