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Effective Income Tax Rate on Continuing Operations (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Statutory tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Effect of statutory depletion (9.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion (12.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion (17.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion
State income taxes 3.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Domestic production deduction (0.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (2.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities
Transfer pricing (0.20%)mlm_PercentageOfTaxBenefitToBeRealizedUponSettlementWithTaxingAuthority 0.90%mlm_PercentageOfTaxBenefitToBeRealizedUponSettlementWithTaxingAuthority 0.70%mlm_PercentageOfTaxBenefitToBeRealizedUponSettlementWithTaxingAuthority
Goodwill write-off 3.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpense    
Foreign tax rate differential 1.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 2.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Disallowed compensation 3.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Purchase accounting transaction costs 2.40%mlm_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPurchaseAccountingTransactionCosts    
Foreign valuation allowance     (3.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Other items (1.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate 38.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 26.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 16.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations