In projects of mining tailings dams, there is usually a big concern and constructive aspects related to security, according to the release process of material on saturated tailings deposits cute. The biggest challenges consist in evaluating the strength and deformability of the foundation material, the possibility of liquefaction and speed the development and dissipation of poropressures. In this context, the Rio Paracatu Mineração (RPM) built an instrumented experimental landfill on a large scale, with sandy silty material loan on the deposit of waste in the Gold Mine. This experimental landfill was designed and constructed with 10.0 m height, front slope of 1.5 H: 1.0 V and a gentle slope with a stabilizing berm of 4.0 m high on the slope opposite. The foundation of the embankment was instrumented with vibrating string electric piezometers, inclinometers and settlement plates. Besides the instrumentation field, there is a database of laboratory tests conducted at the Universities of Viçosa (UFV), San Carlos (USP / SC) and PUC-Rio. All these data allow the characterization of tailings material, besides the determination of parameters of resistance, deformability, permeability and density. The goal of this dissertation is to contribute to a better understanding of the behavior of mining tailings dams based on laboratory evidence and backcalculation behavior of large-scale experimental landfill. Therefore, we performed a numerical simulation of the construction process of the experimental landfill, seeking the constitutive model and parameters best suited to represent the behavior of granular soils saturated. The numerical analyzes were performed with the computer program Plaxis V11, finite elements. Once reproduced the experimental behavior of the landfill, proceeded to the prediction of settlements and horizontal displacements of the dam the Rio Paracatu gold mining. The results showed that the model Hardening Soil allowed playback behavior of the experimental landfill during the construction stages. A good selection of parameters based on an extensive experimental program allowed the prediction of the behavior of the main dam.